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Published online 13 December 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news061211-12
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Primate research 'should have dedicated centres'
UK panel says specialist facilities would safeguard animal welfare.
Monkeys used for research should be transferred to specially created "centres of excellence" to minimize suffering, a British panel announced this week. They envisage building four institutions around the country to house the roughly 400 non-human primates used in basic biomedical research in Britain each year.
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