MEDICAL RESEARCH:
Inquiry Turns Into OK Corral for U.K. Primate Research
Keri Page
CAMBRIDGE, U.K.--University of Cambridge officials were hoping last week for a staid review of their controversial plan to build a $36 million neuroscience center on the outskirts of town. Instead, a hearing meant to be limited to zoning issues devolved into a circuslike referendum on primate research. The inquiry was a key step in a drawn-out process that is expected to culminate in a decision on the center's fate early next year.