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Surgical Knowledge Exchange Seminar: Animal theatres – Lets go global

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

The Laboratory Animal Veterinary Association (LAVA-United Kingdom) and the Veterinary Bioscience Institute (VBI-United States) are presenting a The Surgical Knowledge Exchange Seminar. The theme of the meeting is “refinement of animal surgical…

NIH Launches New Public Information Site for Clinical Trials

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

NIH has just announced the creation of a new website to promote clinical trials to the public. The site, NIH Clinical Trials and You, will also provide free promotional materials and…

Ongoing Concerns With Less-Than-Informed Consent

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

The European Forum for Good Clinical Practice recently devoted an entire conference to the topic of informed consent. Attendees expressed concern that European research standards for informed consent are being…

Tuskeegee University to Sponsor Public Health Ethics Course

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

The National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care at Tuskegee University will host an ethics education intensive April 24-27, 2012. More information is available on the university’s website.

Spotlight on NIH Therapeutics for Rare Diseases Program

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

Most clinical research professionals are familiar with FDA’s Office of Orphan Products Development and the provisions of 21 CFR that facilitate the marketing of new treatments for rare health conditions.…

Destruction of Stored Blood Samples Begins in Minnesota

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

Nature reports the Minnesota Department of Health has started destroying archival blood samples that were the focus of a lawsuit over the unauthorized retention and use of specimens collected from newborns…

FREE 2012 Virtual Laboratory Animal Science BioConference Live

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

BioConference Live and Veterinary Bioscience Institute invite you to register for the 2012 Laboratory Animal Science (LAS) BioConference Live. This is a FREE ONLINE ONLY conference focused entirely on laboratory…

2011 Brought Huge Increase in Data Breaches

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

Redspin, an information security company, has published an analysis of publicly available data on health information breaches reported to the Department of Health and Human Services since new rules under…

Live Stream of the H5N1 Research Discussion at the 2012 ASM Biodefense Meeting

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

A newly added session at the ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting will include discussions of the NSABB’s recommendations for the publication of the controversial H5N1 research. This session…

PRIMR Webinar: Ethical Internet Research: Informed Consent Regulations and Realities

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

Webinar is scheduled to take place on Thursday, March 15, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM ET. The following topics will be addressed during this webinar: Specific internet research settings and conditions…