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AAMC Official Discusses Implications of Laws that Target Fetal Tissue Research
Research involving fetal tissue increasingly could be affected by new state regulations.
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NIH Designates LGBT Community as Health Disparity Group
The National Institutes of Health’s recent decision to designate sexual and gender minorities as a “disparity” population for research purposes was welcomed by researchers and advocates for the LGBT community.
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IRBs Should Ensure that Proposed Studies Include Whether Research is ‘Reproducible’
An emerging body of research reveals that past studies — some of which may form the basis of current policies and recommendations — cannot be replicated by investigators today.
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Big Sugar’s Smoking Gun
Though the influence of industry funding on research outcomes has long been a subject of concern for IRBs, it is unusual to find a “smoking gun” strongly linking an undisclosed funding source to biased research outcomes.
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Historical Exposé on Sugar Industry Funding Research has Relevant Lessons for Current IRBs
A recently published study linking secret funding by the sugar industry to bias in research studies published in the 1960s is less a historical curiosity than a clear warning to IRBs to remain vigilant about conflicts of interest.
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Highlights from Final Rule on Clinical Trial Results Submissions
The NIH published the final rule, “Clinical Trials Registration and Results Information Submission,” on Sept. 21, 2016, with an effective date of Jan. 18, 2017.
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New NIH/FDA Rules Will Bring Greater Transparency to Clinical Trials
The new rules published this fall by the NIH and FDA about reporting clinical trial results will expand transparency in research and give the world more knowledge about the effectiveness of investigational and new drugs and devices, FDA and NIH officials say.
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EU Will Require More Clinical Trial Transparency — Will U.S. Be Next?
The European Union soon will require investigators to give people the kind of transparent, easy-to-access clinical trials information they’ve been conditioned to expect in the age of Google.
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Undergrads See Real-Life Ethics by Shadowing Clinicians
Research suggests that medical schools can neither improve ethical inclinations, nor guarantee progress in moral reasoning for students who lack well-developed moral motivation and moral sensitivity when starting such training.
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When Should a Threatening Patient be Reported?
Recent amendments to federal patient privacy regulations give clinicians new allowance to report patients with mental health issues, but state laws may differ.