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Escaped primates open can of worms for South Carolina's Alpha Genesis research lab

A door to an enclosure holding 43 of Alpha Genesis’ young female rhesus macaque primates was left ajar on Nov. 6.

With four primates still on the loose after 43 of them escaped on Nov. 6 from the Alpha Genesis Inc. research laboratory in South Carolina, the Low Country facility has come under intense scrutiny.