{"id":14696,"date":"2015-11-24T19:53:25","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T18:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antidote-europe.org\/en\/?p=14696"},"modified":"2020-12-29T18:17:19","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T16:17:19","slug":"nih-no-longer-fund-chimpanzee-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antidote-europe.eu\/en\/nih-no-longer-fund-chimpanzee-research\/","title":{"rendered":"The NIH will no longer fund chimpanzee research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This announcement represents a victory for Antidote Europe.\u00a0The NIH announcement is in line with our position that no animal species can be considered as a \u00ab\u00a0model\u00a0\u00bb for humans.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14690\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14690\" style=\"width: 347px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14690\" src=\"https:\/\/antidote-europe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/chimp.png\" alt=\"chimp\" width=\"347\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antidote-europe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/chimp.png 631w, https:\/\/antidote-europe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/chimp-390x500.png 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 IPPL &amp; Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Paris, 24 November 2015 \u2013 The NIH (National Institutes of Health, USA), the biggest biomedical research organisation in the world \u00ab\u00a0will no longer fund biomedical research on chimpanzees\u00bb. This statement by NIH director Francis Collins, made on 18 November 2015 (1) is in response to a scientific report commissioned two years ago from the Institute of Medicine (IOM, USA) that also included scientific evidence presented by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (2).<\/p>\n<p>The chimpanzee is our closest evolutionary cousin and therefore the best \u00ab\u00a0animal model\u00a0\u00bb possible, if such a thing exists. And since all other animal species are evolutionarily more distant, the inescapable conclusion is that they are even less appropriate \u00ab\u00a0models\u00a0\u00bb. Abandoning the chimpanzee must inevitably lead to a domino effect in terms of all the other models, including other primates, dogs, rats, mice, zebra fish and finches.<\/p>\n<p>To remain consistent with its position on chimpanzees, the NIH should henceforth stop financing all biomedical research involving \u00ab\u00a0animal models\u00a0\u00bb. For Antidote Europe, this historic announcement represents much more than a victory at saving an endangered species. As demonstrated and repeated by our organisation for the past 10 years\u00a0: one species of animal cannot be considered as a predictive model for a different animal species.<\/p>\n<p>It now remains to be seen whether those who cling to the animal model will come out of the closet in order to prove \u2013 and not simply claim \u2013 that the NIH has got it wrong, or alternatively, that an animal model more distant than the chimpanzee will do the trick.<\/p>\n<p>The question that we must now ask ourselves is\u00a0: will France be among the first countries\u2013 or the last \u2013 to recognise the failure of the animal model and the need to replace it with 21st century technology\u00a0?<\/p>\n<p>1) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nih.gov\/about-nih\/who-we-are\/nih-director\/statements\/nih-will-no-longer-support-biomedical-research-chimpanzees\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.nih.gov\/about-nih\/who-we-are\/nih-director\/statements\/nih-will-no-longer-support-biomedical-research-chimpanzees<\/a><br \/>\n2) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcrm.org\/media\/news\/statement-on-ending-nih-chimpanzee-experimentation\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.pcrm.org\/media\/news\/statement-on-ending-nih-chimpanzee-experimentation<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Media contacts<\/h2>\n<p>Claude Reiss, president of Antidote Europe, past CNRS research director 0033.4.76.36.35.87<br \/>\nAndre Menache, director Antidote Europe, veterinary surgeon\u00a0: 0044.7906.446889<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-14696\" data-postid=\"14696\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-14696 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This announcement represents a victory for Antidote Europe.\u00a0The NIH announcement is in line with our position that no animal species can be considered as a \u00ab\u00a0model\u00a0\u00bb for humans. 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