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Nature 418, 273 (18 July 2002) | doi:10.1038/418273d

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Are results of primate research worth the suffering it causes?

Michelle Thew¹

1. British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection, 16a Crane Grove, London N7 8NN, UK

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Researchers must be honest about methods and goals.

Your Opinion article (“Distasteful but necessary”, Nature 417, 673; 200210.1038/417673a) does not explore in depth the morality of experimenting on non-human primates.