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Commentary
Nature 437, 30-32 (1 September 2005) | doi:10.1038/437030a; Published online 31 August 2005
A unique biomedical resource at risk
John L. VandeBerg1 & Stuart M. Zola2,aa
- John L. VandeBerg is at the Southwest National Primate Research Center, San Antonio, Texas 78245, USA
- Stuart M. Zola is at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, USA.
aCo-authors are Jo Fritz who is at the Primate Foundation of Arizona, Mesa; D. Rick Lee who is at the Alamogordo Primate Facility, New Mexico; Thomas J. Rowell of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Louisiana; William C. Satterfield of the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Bastrop, Texas.
aThe authors are members of the US National Chimpanzee Resource Committee (NCRC) and include representatives of each of the major centres that maintain the national chimpanzee research resource.
Abstract
Research using chimpanzees has been crucial in the fight against human diseases such as hepatitis. John L. VandeBerg, Stuart M. Zola and colleagues urge that this now dwindling resource be sustained.
As the closest living relative of humans, the chimpanzee holds a unique place in biomedical research. Several major medical advances have been possible only through research with chimpanzees.
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