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thenewgreen  ·  4325 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A New Era

Do many of the chimpanzees currently being used in such research have diseases as a result of the research? Introducing chimps with Hep C to another population of chimps may not be the best idea, right?

Great news though.





theadvancedapes  ·  4325 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Understanding the life cycle of the Hepatitis virus can now be done in lab-grown human cell cultures. But some researchers are still using chimpanzees. Here is a great overview of what is happening with chimpanzees and the development of a Hepatitis C vaccine.

thenewgreen  ·  4325 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I guess I was just wondering if these poor chimps that are to be released are infected with any number of horrendous diseases?