November 25, 2010

OBAMA REQUESTS REVIEW OF U.S. RESEARCH REGULATIONS

President Barack Obama on Wednesday requested a review of regulations on federally funded scientific studies to ensure they "adequately guard the health and well-being of participants."
The memorandum followed the revelation last month that the U.S. Public Health Service intentionally infected Guatemalans with sexually transmitted diseases for research purposes in the late 1940s.Obama's request called such research "clearly unethical" and said that he wanted assurance that "current rules for research participants protect people from harm or unethical treatment, domestically as well as internationally."
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