Pressure is mounting to relax the regulations on importation of chimpanzees for research. Such a policy is unnecessary and would deepen the plight of an already endangered species.
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Prince, A., Moor-Jankowski, J., Eichberg, J. et al. Chimpanzees and AIDS research. Nature 333, 513 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1038/333513a0
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