Sample of weekly headlines (from 6/25/09)

OMB Clarifies Details for ARRA Grant Reporting

‘Scorecard’ on Medical Schools COI Policies Released

ORI Finds Former Research Assistant Committed Misconduct

Additional Organizations Earn Full AAHRPP Accreditation

DoD Seeks Input on Human Subjects Review Survey

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NIH Working Group Will Vet Older Lines Under Final Stem Cell Funding Guidelines (7/15/09)

Offering something of a compromise to researchers who feared existing stem cell lines might not qualify under new federal funding guidelines, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it will impanel a high-level working group to review, case by case, lines created before July 7 to determine if they qualify for U.S. research dollars. The question of whether the cells were derived with “voluntary, informed consent” will be a key factor in that determination, the agency said....

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OHRP: Investigators Could Say Which Studies Are IRB-Exempt (6/15/09)

Institutional review boards (IRBs) that are laboring under a heavy workload could lighten their burden by allowing investigators to determine which studies qualify as exempt from review.

That was the word from the keynote address by Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) Director Jerry Menikoff. Menikoff spoke at an OHRP research community forum, “Reducing Regulatory Burden: Real Strategies for Real Change,” held last month at the University of Michigan....

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