This protocol seems unlikely to pass IACUC (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees) at US universities. That is the usual check to animal experimentation

This protocol seems unlikely to pass IACUC (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees) at US universities. That is the usual check to animal experimentation in the US. Biggest primate work in US is behavioral stuff, we stopped doing grisly primate things after In general, IACUC exists to review protocols that use animals. The burden of proof is on the scientist to prove that work cannot be done by cell lines, and sometimes it results in less animals or redesign to use cell lines. If you do end up using animals, you have to prove make sure your protocol is taking proper care of them. This includes pain meds, heating pads, post surgery care, etc. They are not a rubber stamp committee, I have seen labs shut down over discovered animal abuse and put on pretty extreme probationary measures at major institutions. It was in fashion in the 2010s to move animal experimentation especially for non rat/mouse stuff to China through partnerships. AMA if you've any IACUC/animal experimentation questions, I worked in that field for ~10y. Strangely IACUC as a concept was formed closely after the Penn primate experiment video leak... IACUC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_Animal_Care_and_Use_Committee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_Animal_Care_and_... Penn primate experiments: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unnecessary_Fuss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unnecessary_Fuss