{"id":21380,"date":"2026-02-06T16:19:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T16:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=21380"},"modified":"2026-02-06T16:19:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T16:19:37","slug":"nih-looks-to-turn-primate-research-center-into-a-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=21380","title":{"rendered":"NIH looks to turn primate research center into a sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;The move is the latest in a series of initiatives by the Trump administration to try to reduce animal testing. Last year, NIH announced it would devote $87 million to a project to develop a standardized alternative to animal testing. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/cdc-to-end-monkey-research-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shutter its primate labs<\/a>, and the Food and Drug Administration&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/media\/186092\/download?attachment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>published a roadmap for reducing animal testing<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The push to end animal research testing is backed by animal-rights activists close to the administration, like far-right political activist Laura Loomer and President Donald Trump\u2019s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But some researchers worry that moving away from animal testing too quickly could mean stalled progress on treatments that could cure disease and save lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/02\/04\/nih-is-looking-to-turn-a-primate-research-center-into-a-sanctuary-00765449?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQKNjYyODU2ODM3OQABHtmpUB8EJPlkMCciUTndgn-hTTjDJMChO8dDk6kVY3iL0ZlrLoZWDG10Qa_r_aem__R3f1gQTzMH2w9MX5Edsng\">https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/02\/04\/nih-is-looking-to-turn-a-primate-research-center-into-a-sanctuary-00765449?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQKNjYyODU2ODM3OQABHtmpUB8EJPlkMCciUTndgn-hTTjDJMChO8dDk6kVY3iL0ZlrLoZWDG10Qa_r_aem__R3f1gQTzMH2w9MX5Edsng<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The move is the latest in a series of initiatives by the Trump administration to try to reduce animal testing. Last year, NIH announced it would devote $87 million to a project to develop a standardized alternative to animal testing. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to shutter its primate labs, and the Food and Drug Administration published a roadmap for reducing animal testing.<\/p>\n<p>The push to end animal research testing is backed by animal-rights activists close to the administration, like far-right political activist Laura Loomer and President Donald Trump\u2019s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump.<\/p>\n<p>But some researchers worry that moving away from animal testing too quickly could mean stalled progress on treatments that could cure disease and save lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/02\/04\/nih-is-looking-to-turn-a-primate-research-center-into-a-sanctuary-00765449?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQKNjYyODU2ODM3OQABHtmpUB8EJPlkMCciUTndgn-hTTjDJMChO8dDk6kVY3iL0ZlrLoZWDG10Qa_r_aem__R3f1gQTzMH2w9MX5Edsng<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1016,1937,870,811],"class_list":["post-21380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share","tag-animals","tag-nih","tag-research","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21380"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21381,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21380\/revisions\/21381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}