Fast Item #4: NIH Phasing out Research Chimpanzees

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 28, 2013

Kathy Hudson, Deputy Director for Science, Outreach, and Policy at National Institutes of Health discusses the NIH's announcement that they will greatly reduce the number of chimpanzees used in bio-medical research, and where the chimps will go now.

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