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13.7: Cosmos And Culture
Seeing U.S. Laboratory Chimpanzees For Who They Are
January 26, 2013 There was big news this week about U.S. laboratory chimpanzees heading for sanctuary. Barbara J. King considers a new website that urges us to think of these primates not as nameless research subjects, but instead as distinct individuals.
Shots - Health News
Rules Would Retire Most Research Chimps
January 23, 2013 An NIH working group recommends that most of the agency's 360 research chimpanzees be sent to a sanctuary — a non-laboratory setting where chimps can live more natural lives. But even if the NIH accepts the recommendations, putting them into effect won't be easy.
Shots - Health News
Finally, A Map Of All The Microbes On Your Body
June 13, 2012 The human body contains about 100 trillion cells, but only maybe one in 10 of those cells is actually human. The rest are from bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms. Now, scientists have unveiled the first survey the "human microbiome," which includes 10,000 species and more than 8 million genes.
13.7: Cosmos And Culture
Retirement Home Or Research Lab? Report Weighs Fate Of U.S. Chimpanzees
December 15, 2011 Are chimpanzees necessary for biomedical research in the U.S.? Considering today's long-awaited report on this question from the National Academies, anthropologist Barbara J. King suggests the answer is "no," and that "biomedical apes" deserve retirement.
The Two-Way
Judge Upholds His Stem-Cell Federal Funding Ban
September 7, 2010 A judge denied an Obama team request that he lift his ban on federal stem cell research funding. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth said the Obama Administration overstated the amount of harm that would arise from his ban.
The Two-Way
Top Gov't Scientist Asks Stem Cell Judge To Lift Funding Ban
August 31, 2010 The NIH warned of harm to research if a ban on federal funding of human embryo stell cell research. Francis Crick, the director of the federal institution, said discoveries could be lost and research deeply hurt.
