Chimpanzees should hardly ever be used for medical research, a prestigious scientific group told the U.S. government Thursday — advice that means days in the laboratory may be numbered for humans’ closest relatives.
(That’s good news for Patin, Emslee, and Arielle, the chimps at the New Iberia Research Center in New Iberia, La., pictured here in October 2011.)
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