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UW-Madison debates science experiments on monkeys

A UW-Madison committee meets publicly Friday (1/8) to discuss the ethics of experimenting on monkeys. This follows a recent federal investigation that found several violations in the universityâ??s animal research labs.

UW-Madison has two primary animal research centers, where more than 2,000 monkeys are actively used for experiments, ranging from emotional behavior to the effects of infectious diseases.