As nine baboons continue to settle in at the Born Free USA Primate Sanctuary after being retired from a research lab—what Born Free USA’s Executive Vice President, Adam Roberts, calls “a happy ending for these lucky nine”—the discussion turns to the utilization of primates for research purposes. The U.S. remains the world’s biggest user of primates in biomedical research, despite developments in alternative research tools that render primate-based research “largely unnecessary.”
Link: The Star