Vaccine Development and Ethical Sidetracking: Nonhuman Primates in Covid-19 Biomedical Research
The current ethical paradigm avails the use of nonhuman animal for experiments in biomedical research. It is acknowledged as a practice with a considerable moral burden, and thus certain regulations have been established. The singularity of nonhuman primates (NHP) in terms of their cognitive and em...
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The current ethical paradigm avails the use of nonhuman animal for experiments in biomedical research. It is acknowledged as a practice with a considerable moral burden, and thus certain regulations have been established. The singularity of nonhuman primates (NHP) in terms of their cognitive and emotional complexity grants them a virtual status of personhood, and is reflected in a stricter legislation that allows nonetheless their use in certain cases. The pandemic brought by SARS-CoV-2 has rushed the classical drug development design, and NHP have been one of the species used to test novel therapies. In this study, a search of the characteristics of NHP and experimental techniques performed for COVID-19 vaccine development purposes will be used to ponder the costs and benefits of these practices. Under a critical eye, the results of these studies will be analyzed beyond the numbers, considering the harms for both human and NHP as well as the extension of the benefits.
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| spelling | doaj.art-5a7620f08d7c40cc9a838cf49b9584502022-12-22T01:18:43ZcatBau, Centro Universitario de DiseñoInmaterial2462-58842462-58922022-06-01713Vaccine Development and Ethical Sidetracking: Nonhuman Primates in Covid-19 Biomedical Research Álex G. Segura0Antropología de la vida animal - grupo de estudios de Etnozoología - Institut Català d'Antropologia The current ethical paradigm avails the use of nonhuman animal for experiments in biomedical research. It is acknowledged as a practice with a considerable moral burden, and thus certain regulations have been established. The singularity of nonhuman primates (NHP) in terms of their cognitive and emotional complexity grants them a virtual status of personhood, and is reflected in a stricter legislation that allows nonetheless their use in certain cases. The pandemic brought by SARS-CoV-2 has rushed the classical drug development design, and NHP have been one of the species used to test novel therapies. In this study, a search of the characteristics of NHP and experimental techniques performed for COVID-19 vaccine development purposes will be used to ponder the costs and benefits of these practices. Under a critical eye, the results of these studies will be analyzed beyond the numbers, considering the harms for both human and NHP as well as the extension of the benefits. https://inmaterialdesign.com/INM/article/view/126COVID-19vaccine developmentanimal experimentationnonhuman primates |
| spellingShingle | Álex G. Segura Vaccine Development and Ethical Sidetracking: Nonhuman Primates in Covid-19 Biomedical Research Inmaterial COVID-19 vaccine development animal experimentation nonhuman primates |
| title | Vaccine Development and Ethical Sidetracking: Nonhuman Primates in Covid-19 Biomedical Research |
| title_full | Vaccine Development and Ethical Sidetracking: Nonhuman Primates in Covid-19 Biomedical Research |
| title_fullStr | Vaccine Development and Ethical Sidetracking: Nonhuman Primates in Covid-19 Biomedical Research |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vaccine Development and Ethical Sidetracking: Nonhuman Primates in Covid-19 Biomedical Research |
| title_short | Vaccine Development and Ethical Sidetracking: Nonhuman Primates in Covid-19 Biomedical Research |
| title_sort | vaccine development and ethical sidetracking nonhuman primates in covid 19 biomedical research |
| topic | COVID-19 vaccine development animal experimentation nonhuman primates |
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