Monkey research in China: developing a natural resource

Cell. 2007 Jun 15;129(6):1033-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2007.05.051.

Abstract

China's contribution to primate research is no longer limited to supplying monkeys to scientists abroad. With an abundance of wild rhesus macaques, low labor costs, and a nonhostile environment for animal research, scientists are finding that China is the place to be for research using macaques as models of human disease.

MeSH terms

  • Animal Experimentation*
  • Animals
  • Biology / methods*
  • China
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Humans
  • Macaca mulatta / physiology*
  • Research Design*