Report: Research on chimps should be limited

Almost all medical research on chimpanzees is scientifically unjustified and any future studies using the great apes need to pass a "very high bar," concludes a new congressionally ordered report from the Institute of Medicine, which is part of the National Academy of Sciences.

"Fewer kinds of studies will be justified based on the criteria that we set out," said Jeffrey Kahn, a bioethicist at Johns Hopkins University who chaired the report committee.

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Liz Sly, Craig Whitlock 16 Dec, 2011

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