Re:Scientists 'Inject' Information into Monkeys’ Brains
by wadkar on Friday December 08, 2017 @12:43AM
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I hope, if not sure, they followed IRB (institutional review board) for their experiment. You’re right in your point that we, as scientists, shouldn’t simply do whatever is possible. On the other hand processes like IRB provides a mechanism for oversight where ethical issues such as those raised by you are considered.
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Re:Scientists 'Inject' Information into Monkeys’ Brains
by frisco on Friday December 08, 2017 @12:49AM
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It was for sure governed by their Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). IRBs are the human equivalent. Also, pedantic, but macaques are not apes; research on apes is extremely restricted today. Last I saw the NIH standards, they involved demonstrating that the research being done would benefit that individual animal, not just humans or even the species.