OHSU posts lengthy defense of primate research center amid calls for the facility to close down

The facility has come under fire due to concerns about animal suffering, but OHSU argues that the research saves human lives and can’t be replaced.

PORTLAND, Ore. — OHSU released a lengthy statement this week pushing back on accusations of mistreatment at the hospital’s Oregon National Primate Research Center, responding to a recent TV and social media ad campaign from the nonprofit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) that calls for the facility to be closed down.

The center has come under increasing fire amid reports of accidents and accusations of animal mistreatment, but OHSU has rebuffed calls to shut it down, arguing that the facility

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