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The Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center IRB and a special task force developed guidance and a template for improving and simplifying informed consent forms.
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The exponential increase in smartphones and social networking sites has led to concerns from some patients regarding the possible unlawful distribution of images outside the realms of their care.
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As technology in genetic and genomic research expands, most if not all IRBs will face the issue of incidental findings, including how to manage them, and whether researchers have a duty to report them to study participants, experts say.
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There are no industry standards for handling incidental findings (IFs) in research.
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Even as multicenter studies with central IRB reviews gain traction, some IRBs are still hesitant to join in. However, coordinating a multisite study among several IRBs within the same university system can be a time and paperwork hassle for both principal investigators and IRBs and could make previously reluctant IRBs consider a new central reliance agreement.
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The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues May 2014 report, Gray Matters: Integrative Approaches for Neuroscience, Ethics, and Society, includes recommendations for institutions and individuals engaged in neuroscience research.
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Technology advances have driven increased interest in molecular studies involving tissue analyses. As a result, biotech firms increasingly are asking scientists to sell human tissues for study by outside enterprises.
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The IRB at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, MI, uses a matrix that clarifies how IRB members and staff might describe various potential harms at four levels, from no more than minimal risk to high risk.
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For many years, the IRB office at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) followed a process that was standard at most institutions: long, regularly scheduled meetings organized to review an ever-increasing number of protocols.
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As IRB offices gear up for a busy academic research year, its a good idea to dust off IRB templates, checklists, and other tools to revise, improve, and adapt to technology and other changes.
