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As virtual space technology improves, researchers are beginning to study how it can be used to help patients who've suffered traumatic brain injuries or other impairments that require rehabilitation.
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Researchers at the Institute for Simulation and Training at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, FL, are studying physical interventions used in a virtual world. Their work opens new horizons for rehabilitation clinical care, but also raises new questions for ethics review boards.
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The 1960s obedience experiments of Stanley Milgram have become a hallmark of social behavioral research, as well as a cautionary tale for those involved in human subjects protection.
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Because of the unusual scope of the National Children's Study (NCS), it raises a significant range of ethical issues for its designers and for the IRBs that have been reviewing it at 105 study centers across the United States.
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When the Marshfield (WI) Clinic launched an ambitious biobanking project, organizers knew they'd need significant community buy-in.
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Helen McGough, MA, CIP, is retired from the office of research at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, and has worked as a faculty member of PRIM&R. McGough also has worked with the Collaborative IRB Training Initiative (CITI), and she served on an IRB for many years.
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Despite general agreement that medicine and medical research need to do more to meet the needs of pregnant women, there still are serious roadblocks that prevent wider enrollment of women during pregnancy.
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Research with adolescents who are at risk for suicide can create daunting ethical and practical challenges for investigators and IRBs.
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The Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) of Rockville, MD, recently added "OHRP Correspondence" to its Regulations and Policy Guidance portion of its Web site as part of an effort to improve transparency and provide some specific examples of how to interpret various guidelines.
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The Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) of Rockville, MD, announced in October, 2008, that Jerry A. Menikoff, MD, JD, is the new director.