Zoo Knoxville chimpanzee recovering after historic spinal surgery

Mwelu is a 34-year-old chimp at Zoo Knoxville. He is now recovering after a groundbreaking surgery to remove a tumor.
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Zoo Knoxville Achieves Medical First with Groundbreaking Spinal Surgery on Chimpanzee Mwelu

Zoo Knoxville performs a potentially unprecedented spinal surgery on 34-year-old chimpanzee Mwelu to remove a spinal tumor.

Zoo Knoxville chimpanzee undergoes possible first-of-its-kind spinal surgery

A Chimpanzee from Zoo Knoxville has undergone what might be the first documented spinal surgery performed on its species ...
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Researchers look for solutions to help lab-bred chimpanzees

The government started breeding chimpanzees, with whom humans share 98% of our genes, for invasive biomedical research in the 1980s — now the fate of more than 250 of these primates is uncertain. In ...

‘Groundbreaking' surgery saves beloved 34-year-old chimpanzee at Tennessee zoo

M welu, a 34-year-old resident chimpanzee at Zoo Knoxville, is on the road to recovery after undergoing "groundbreaking" ...

‘First documented procedure of its kind’ | Zoo Knoxville chimpanzee undergoes historic spinal surgery

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Zoo Knoxville completed a historic surgery on Lu the chimpanzee, the zoo announced Friday. Doctors ...