 Photo by Crystal Alba | © Project Chimps Your donations help build new home for chimps In October, AAVS announced a $25,000 matching gift opportunity for our Build It! Campaign, which funds the construction of new living spaces at sanctuaries. We are happy to report that we have not only met, but exceeded, our goal! That’s over $50,000 to help provide a safe, secure home for animals released from laboratories. THANK YOU!! This year’s recipient is Project Chimps, a sanctuary located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Georgia that cares for 79 chimpanzees who were released from the New Iberia Research Center. Unfortunately, 150 chimps remain at this lab. Thanks in part to your generous donations, we hope that construction at the sanctuary will begin in the near future, so these 150 chimpanzees will call Project Chimps home, too! You can still help sanctuaries that care for animals who have been used and abused in science by donating to AAVS's Sanctuary Fund. |
 While improvements in technology have led to the development and use of reliable alternatives, certain fields of study have obstacles that have proven difficult to overcome, and neurology is a prime example. However, a promising new model constructed of human tissue, called the nerve-on-a-chip, could be a game-changer. Scientists have used this model to study how to promote new nerve growth and more recently learned that it could be used to test the effects of cancer drugs on the peripheral nerves of patients. READ MORE » |
