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Responsible Conduct in Nanomedicine Research: Environmental Concerns beyond the Common Rule

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: The Common Rule (45 CFR 46, subpart A) is a set of regulations for protecting human participants in research funded by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), which has been adopted in part by 17 federal agencies. It includes four different subparts: Subpart A (general protections for human research participants), Subpart B (additional protections for pregnant women, fetuses, and neonates), Subpart C (additional protections for prisoners), and Subpart D (additional protections for children). The Common Rule has not been significantly revised since 1981 although some significant changes may be forthcoming. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has adopted its own regulations for the protection of human participants, which are similar to the Common Rule in many key areas, such as the structure and function of the Institutional Review Board (IRB), and the criteria for approving research.

Source: The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics

DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720x.2012.00713.x

Author: David B. Resnik

Institutions: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Ethics in Clinical Research

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences