The BBC, April 27, 2001. Gene Treatment Restores Vision in Blind Dogs . Rick Weiss, Washington Post, April 28, 2001. New gene gives some sight to 3 blind dogs . Faye Flam, Philadelphia Inquirer, April 28, 2001.
Gene therapy restores vision in dog .
Malcolm Ritter, Associated Press, April 27, 2001. Gene therapy used to restore sight to blind dogs . Will Dunham, Reuters, April 27, 2001. The BBC recently reported that several animal groups in Europe had united to urge the European Union to ban all experiments on great apes. Research on great apes is already explicitly banned in many European countries, including Great Britain.