A group of 73 doctors,
biologists and other scientists has called on the dean of
Modena and Reggio Emilia University (UNIMORE) to stop raising
and experimenting on monkeys, the Italian Anti-Vivisection
League made known Friday.
"The experiments involve invasive procedures such as
inserting screws into their eye sockets and steel wires into
their neck muscles, and implanting recording devices in their
brains," LAV officials said.
"These kinds of experiments take years, and always end in
death."
The UNIMORE biology department has been raising and
experimenting on the monkeys for decades, according to LAV.
"Publications resulting from these invasive investigations
have yet to provide answers applicable to human beings," said
LAV biologist Michela Kuan.
"These studies don't heal the sick".
The university earlier this month issued a statement saying
that its research "provides answers to the manifold needs of
Italian society".
These include mandatory testing of new pharmaceutical
products, the university said.
Some 900,000 animals are used and killed in labs in Italy
every year, according to LAV.
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