NOLA.com

Here's the history of Tulane primate research center in the spotlight after Mississippi crash

Aside from its status as one of the leaders in Lyme disease research, over 60% of the facility's portfolio comprises HIV/AIDS ...
Washington Examiner

FDA closes largest primate lab to save hundreds of monkeys and millions of dollars

The Food and Drug Administration quietly closed its Arkansas lab that tested drugs on monkeys. Its National Center for Toxicological Research lab was testing addiction in monkeys on nicotine, ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Column: Primates deserve a chance at life after laboratory experiments

Until five years ago, members of the General Assembly were unaware of a dog factory farm that had operated in Cumberland County since the 1960s. When PETA’s undercover investigation exposed the ...
WLTX19

More escaped monkeys captured and given Fruit Loops as lawmaker slams lab's "painful and deadly experiments"

YEMASSEE, S.C. — Two more monkeys that escaped last week from a South Carolina research facility were recaptured Tuesday, according to the facility's CEO, bringing the total number of primates ...
Healthbeat on MSN

Monkey escape is latest safety breach involving Tulane research facility

Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here. The crash of a truckload of research monkeys this week in Mississippi is the latest safety breach involving a national primate research ...
Grist

An early-life wildfire exposure sickened these monkeys for decades

Proof of Concept is a video series profiling the science and scientists behind some of the environment’s most unexpected research. The experiment started by chance. In 2008, summer lightning storms ...

Fascinating study shows that chimpanzees can change their minds — proving humans aren’t the only rational creatures

The experiment suggests that the animals are “not just driven by simple, emotional responses” but “have rather complex ...
Oregonian

Opinion: OHSU should retire monkeys, hire nurses

This is one of two op-eds published today on the question of whether to close OHSU’s National Primate Research Center. To read the op-ed by OHSU’s chief research officer and the research center ...