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Nature 411, 123 (10 May 2001) | doi:10.1038/35075735

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Europe brings experiments on chimpanzees to an end

Sally Goodman

The only research facility in Europe conducting experiments on chimpanzees is to end all research using the apes.The decision to stop the experiments at the Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC) in Rijswijk, the Netherlands, comes after years of dissatisfaction over funding, and criticism from animal-rights groups over the the chimps' living conditions.