December 12, 2006

Weatherall Report launch

Speakers:
Sir David Weatherall FRS FMedSci, Regius Professor of Medicine Emeritus, University of Oxford
Sir David Alliance, Professor of Bioethics, University of Manchester
Prof Dame Louise Johnson FRS, Structural Studies of Cell Cycle, University of Oxford
Prof David Phillips, Professor of Molecular Biophysics, University of Oxford
Prof Richard Morris FRS FRSE FMedSci, Professor of Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh

The Weatherall Report examines the scientific basis for recent, current and future use of non-human primates in biological and medical research. Sir David Weatherall FRS, chair of the working group, came to the Science Media Centre to present the recommendations and outlined the key issues highlighted in the report.