November 12, 1999
As Threats of Violence Escalate, Primate Researchers Stand Firm
Scientists defend their work, but some worry about themselves and their profession
The scientists who work at Tulane University's Regional Primate Research Center are tired of being called monkey killers. They want to find cures for AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis. They want to wipe out Lyme disease and leprosy.
And if animals need to die so that humans can live, so be it. That's the price of research, and they're willing to pay it. But few of them ever expected that the price
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