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NASA withdraws consideration of controversial primate research (Updated)

NASA announced that it has decided put a hold on a controversial experiment at Brookhaven National Lab (BNL) in Upton, New York, according to a statement that appeared on BNL’s website on 12 December. The experiment, the agency’s first research involving primates in at least two decades, would expose squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) to charged-particle radiation in an attempt to help determine safe levels for astronauts on lengthy missions. 

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