Jane Johnson – The Conversation

Should primates such as chimpanzees be given rights normally reserved for humans? phil/Flickr

May 19, 2015

Climbing the tree: the case for chimpanzee ‘personhood’

Jane Johnson, Macquarie University

The question of furnishing non-human animals with rights normally reserves for humans is more complex than it might seem.

The authors say their findings raise important questions about the central role of animal models in biomedical research. Understanding Animal Research

February 21, 2013

Of mice and men: role of mice in biomedical research questioned

Christopher Degeling, University of Sydney and Jane Johnson, Macquarie University

A study recently published in the peer-reviewed journal PNAS (Proceedings of the National of Academy Sciences) shows that mice are poor models for human inflammatory diseases. The paper, which focused…

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