Dec 22, 2011 3:00 PM CSTChimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research: Assessing the Necessity
Assessing the Necessity.” At the request of the NIH and in response to congressional inquiry, the IOM, in collaboration with the National Research Council, conducted an in-depth analysis of the scientific necessity of chimpanzees for NIH-funded biomedical and behavioral research. The committee evaluated ongoing biomedical and behavioral research to determine whether chimpanzees are necessary for research discoveries. The committee described chimpanzees’ unique attributes in order to determine when to use chimpanzees in biomedical and behavioral research. NIH has accepted the recommendations of the IOM and has announced its plans for implementation of the recommendations in NOT-OD-12-025.
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences has published “Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research: