Monkey Business
We have experimented on animals to find cures for humans, but we’ve also brought human cures to animals. Does this make it an even exchange? Cleveland Zoo primate curator Chris Kuhar says, "Animals have long been used as models for human research. (Now we are) flipping that, using human research to help animals." The April 1st edition of "The Week" magazine reports that when scientists compared chimp DNA genome with ours (chimp and human DNA are 96% the same), they expected to find EXTRA human genes that make us unique. Instead they found that we are MISSING some of the genes that chimpanzees have.
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