There are several research primate centers still around but they are strictly regulated because of the history on animal rights. As for diseases, it depends, if you could not show certain conditions on how to replicate the disease, then obviously you would not be allowed to progress to any sort of animal models until you have proof of concept. I think a good way to read up on this is look into the stages of clinical research and what happens in pre-clinical (basic science research).
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Reply to How do medical researchers obtain lab animals with diseases like specific forms of cancer which arise spontaneously? Do they raise thousands of apes and hope some eventually develop the disease? by userbrn1
There are several research primate centers still around but they are strictly regulated because of the history on animal rights. As for diseases, it depends, if you could not show certain conditions on how to replicate the disease, then obviously you would not be allowed to progress to any sort of animal models until you have proof of concept. I think a good way to read up on this is look into the stages of clinical research and what happens in pre-clinical (basic science research).