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The first thing to consider is the aim of the Bateson report, which has just been published, its standpoint and who wrote it.

The non-invasive methods are not just complementary methods and have applications in fundamental research and at clinical level, generating highly relevant information on brain structure and function especially when used multi-modally.

In multiple sclerosis (MS), MRI shows cellular changes and their progression, which are simply not available from animal studies.Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) has already applied to the study of aging and cognition, neuropsychiatric disorders, HIV infection and MS . MEG has applications in pediatric clinical diagnosis and in the study of neurodevelopmental disorders, including epilepsy, autism, ADHD and dyslexia. His ability to diagnose neuro-developmental disorders has been shown to be superior to studying non-human primates. The patients are checked regularly by means of MEG, after surgery to remove the lesions, to identify both normal and abnormal brain tissue. Brain tissue can then be analyzed directly with in vitro electrophysiological techniques that are usually only on animal brain tissue.

Challenged based on these medical benefits together with the high cost of NHP research, the cost-benefit analysis of the use of the NHP shows the urgent need for the development of alternatives.

Sebastien

Dear Sebastian

Their estimates of the number of monkeys are used, misinformed and wrong. Bateson 's group, the investigation was only the work of research grants from the UK Research Councils, Wellcome Trust, etc., which funds only 20% of all non-human primates used in the UK account. For example, in 2010, show statistics from the Interior Ministry that the 4688 process (not monkeys) performed in primates, 559 involved in basic research, all others were to be used in applied research by the pharmaceutical industry, including mandatory toxicological studies of new drugs. Many grants have used small numbers of respondents Bateson (as little as two monkeys per project), so the 10% of research monkeys who do not give in, not something useful would be the high numbers you imagine a party.

Only the development of new advanced methods, more human-relevant methods, such as the ones we mentioned earlier, will permit us to understand human diseases and cure them, while preserving animal lives.