What if I told you that there was a plant that could be used to treat diabetes, liver problems, ulcers, leukemia, and malaria? Understandably, you would want that plant to be studied and turned into ...

Important Note: All IRB protocols for research to be conducted in a foreign country — including survey-only research — must include a completed international research addendum. The international ...

In order to address the specific details and regulatory requirements present in a retrospective medical chart review, the UB IRB recently created a new Protocol template: the HRP-503R. In order to ...

A protocol deviation or violation is any departure from the study procedures or treatment plans as specified in the IRB-approved protocol. Protocol deviations occur when an investigator does not ...

Although they are currently essential to online security and privacy, the days of relying on password protection may be ...

The HIPAA Privacy Rule sets forth provisions related to the waiver or alteration of authorization in relation to clinical research studies for circumstances in which ...

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