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The U.S. Is Running Out of Research Monkeys
>America’s monkey shortage is getting worse. The pandemic has exacerbated a continuing supply crunch, throttling research and threatening the country’s ability to respond to public health disasters, including the next pandemic.
>That is according to a new report published Thursday by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine that noted that new ways of studying biology, using artificial-intelligence models or cells in culture, aren’t ready to replace testing in monkeys.
>“At this point in time [monkeys] continue to be essential models in biomedical research,” said Kenneth Ramos, a physician-scientist at Texas A&M University System and chair of the committee that wrote the report. The National Academies is an independent scientific group that provides advice to the federal government.
>A lack of funding to expand breeding colonies at U.S. centers, as demand for research monkeys grew, is a leading contributor to the shortfall. Federal funding to national primate centers dipped by 23% over the past decade, according to the new report.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-u-s-is-running-out-of-research-monkeys-6b50c777