Tuesday, 27 May 2014

Dilemma of Testing Apes Highlighted by Ebola Vaccine Success

Vaccination against Ebola has been proved safe and capable of producing a robust immune response in chimpanzees, the first conservation-specific vaccine trial on captive chimpanzees. This unprecedented study, published in the journal iPNAS/i, shows that 'orphan' vaccines - which never complete the expensive licensing process for human use - can be co-opted for use on wildlife and might be a godsend for highly endangered species such as gorillas and chimpanzees, ...




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