A multi-disciplinary research team at Columbia University is conducting a study titled "Individualized Therapies for Genetic Disorders" to better understand the perspectives of stakeholders on issues raised by individualized gene therapies that involve only one or a very small number of patients. IRB members are invited to participate! Read more
This edition of Research Ethics Roundup covers African-American participation in DNA testing, difficulties recruiting participants for Alzheimer's trials, even when results are promising, the deaths of eleven babies born to mothers in a Dutch drug trial involving generic Viagra, and a call for research misconduct investigations across Britain by the United Kingdom’s House of Commons science and technology committee. Read more
From sequencing the human genome to discovering the underlying causes of many diseases, genetic research has the ability to profoundly influence the health of individuals and populations. However, despite genomics’ exceptional capacity to contribute to our understanding of disease, the nature of genetic research introduces many ethical considerations that may not arise in other types of biomedical research. Read more
