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Why researchers are racing to test an Ebola vaccine for apes

Why researchers are racing to test an Ebola vaccine for apes

09/14/2015 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

Why researchers are racing to test an Ebola vaccine for apes

Clip: 9/14/2015 | 9m 4s

Why researchers are racing to test an Ebola vaccine for apes

Over the years the Ebola virus has wiped out a significant number of great apes, threatening to reduce those populations to vulnerable levels. In Louisiana, a controversial effort is underway to conduct vaccine tests on captive chimpanzees in order to save wild chimps and gorillas against the deadly virus. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports.

09/14/2015 | Rating NR

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