Controversial OHSU primate center at a crossroads

Oregon Health & Science University’s leaders voted Monday to begin talks with the National Institutes of Health over the future of the Oregon National Primate Research Center, a move that starts a ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Massive Monkey Research Center Might Turn Into a Primate Sanctuary. Animal Activists Rejoice, While Scientists Worry

The Oregon National Primate Research Center will explore a potentially federally supported transition with the National Institutes of Health ...
Physicians Committee for Responsible MedicineOpinion

Monkey Dies At Oregon Experimentation Facility Following Medication Failure

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Oregon Health & Science University’s (OHSU) Oregon National Primate ...
The Daily of the University of Washington

UW primate center changes name to ‘Washington National Biomedical Research Center’

The Washington National Primate Research Center has been renamed to the Washington National Biomedical Research Center (WaNBRC). According to UW Medicine, the name change aims to better reflect the ...
KGW8

OHSU primate research center faces renewed scrutiny with animal testing bill

PORTLAND, Oregon — At the state Capitol, lawmakers heard passionate testimony regarding dogs and cats — but mostly monkeys — on Tuesday. Members of the House Committee on Emergency Management, General ...
OPB

OHSU enters talks that could convert primate research center into sanctuary

In a unanimous vote Monday, OHSU’s board gave the green light to explore a plan to transition the Oregon National Primate Research Center to a monkey sanctuary. Last week, OHSU officials announced the ...

Could lab monkeys soon become a thing of the past?

Thomas Kuhn, the 20th-century historian of science who coined the phrase “paradigm shift,” had a name for such breakdowns in ...
Yahoo

UW fires director of primate research center after state probe into program

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In response to a state probe into the University of Washington’s (UW) Primate Research Center, the university is making a ...
Oregonian

Despite protests, NIH renews $13.7 million for OHSU primate center

Despite pressure from animal rights groups to shut it down, Oregon Health & Science University’s primate research center just got another big vote of confidence — from the federal government. The ...
Willamette Week

OHSU Will Negotiate With Feds Over Turning Primate Center Into Sanctuary

The Oregon National Primate Research Center in 2010. (Mike Perrault) The Oregon Health & Science University board on Monday approved a plan to negotiate with the federal government over the future of ...
KOIN on MSN

OHSU will explore turning its primate research center into a sanctuary, board says

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — For years, animal rights activists have called attention to the Oregon Primate Research Center, filing complaints and pressuring both researchers and administrators at Oregon ...
WWLTV

Primate Center monitoring bacteria

COVINGTON- Scientists at the Tulane National Primate Research Center on the Northshore are continuing to monitor the facility for a bacteria found in two animals in November. The center's director ...