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Chimpanzees in biomedical and behavioral research : assessing the necessity /

"For many years, experiments using chimpanzees have been instrumental in advancing scientific knowledge and have led to new medicines to prevent life-threatening and debilitating diseases. However, recent advances in alternate research tools have rendered chimpanzees largely unnecessary as rese...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Committee on the Use of Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research (U.S.)
Otros Autores: Altevogt, Bruce M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • SUMMARY
  • STUDY BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT
  • Origin of Study and Committee Statement of Task
  • Ethical Considerations
  • METHODS AND ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT
  • INTERNATIONAL POLICIES GUIDING CHIMPANZEE USE
  • SUMMARY OF CHIMPANZEE RESEARCH
  • Analysis of Federally Supported Research
  • Analysis of Private-Sector Supported Research
  • Criteria That Guide the Current Use of Chimpanzees
  • PRINCIPLES GUIDING THE USE OF CHIMPANZEES IN RESEARCH
  • Ethologically Appropriate Physical and Social Environments
  • Criteria to Assess the Necessity of the Chimpanzee for Biomedical
  • Research
  • Criteria for Use of the Chimpanzee in Comparative Genomics and
  • Behavioral Research
  • REVIEWING THE NECESSITY OF CURRENT CHIMPANZEE
  • RESEARCH
  • Monoclonal Antibodies
  • Development of Chimpanzee Monoclonal Antibodies
  • Safety Testing of Monoclonal Antibody Therapies
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus
  • HCV Antiviral Drugs
  • Therapeutic HCV Vaccine
  • Prophylactic HCV Vaccine
  • Comparative Genomics
  • Altruism
  • Cognition
  • FUTURE USE OF CHIMPANZEES IN BIOMEDICAL AND
  • BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH 64
  • CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 66
  • APPENDIXES
  • A References
  • B Commissioned Paper: Comparison of Immunity to Pathogens in Humans, Chimpanzees, and Macaques
  • C Information-Gathering Agendas
  • D Committee Biographies.