As part of research, pregnant baboons were given varying combinations of estrogen and an estrogen inhibitor, and their fetuses were delivered via C-section at different stages of pregnancy, according to documents provided to The Virginian-Pilot. The placenta and fetal tissue were collected for study, according to the protocol objective for the experiment submitted by EVMS to the school’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.

A total of 156 baboons were requested for the experiment over three years. Death of the mother, the fetus or both were accepted outcomes of the study as described in the documents.

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