A group of laboratory test chimpanzees in Liberia survived medical experiments and two civil wars. Infected with contagious diseases, they now live on six islands off the coast and depend on humans for their survival.
Medical tests on chimpanzees
In 1974, researchers from the US nonprofit blood bank, the New York Blood Center (NYBC), opened an experimental laboratory on the west coast of Liberia. Working with the Liberia Biomedical Research Institute, they trapped wild chimpanzees and used them to conduct research and drug trials.
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