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Misconduct in clinical research

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

According to a paper recently published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientific misconduct is the leading cause of retractions. Misconduct means fabrication, falsification and/or plagiarism during any phase of the research, from proposal to publication. Misconduct in…

NIH–sponsored workshop calls for more detailed reporting in animal studies

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

A workshop sponsored by NIH’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) has produced a set of consensus recommendations to improve the design and reporting of animal studies. The workshop recommendations apply to scientific papers as well as grant…

Introduction to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) for Communities

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

For those interesed in toxicant research or their effects, a community webinar will be held to explain the Toxic Release Inventory data that the EPA publishes. From the announcement: The Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) and the United States…

Including children in research

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

Discussions about involving children in research usually center on protecting them from harm, and rightly so. Is there such a thing as too much caution? In a recent analysis of over 60,000 trials registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, researchers at Duke University…

Pharmacy compounding in research

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

The current outbreak of fungal meningitis, which has been linked to epidural injections of a contaminated steroid product from the New England Compounding Center, has brought a great deal of attention to pharmacy compounding. As of this writing, 137 cases…

NICEATM announces release of ICCVAM report on animal occular testing

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

The NTP Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (NICEATM) announces availability of an Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) test method evaluation report (TMER) that provides recommendations for identifying chemical eye hazards with…

Recommended Procedures Regarding the CPSC’s Policy on Animal Testing

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has created a webpage listing the recommended procedures for testing substances on animals, with procedures listed by the type of test: Acute Toxicity Testing Ocular Irritation Testing Dermal Irritation Testing Sensitization Testing Commission…

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Awarded

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

The Nobel Committee awarded this year’s prize in Physiology or Medicine to John Gurdon, of the University of Cambridge, UK and Shinya Yamanka, of the University of Kyoto, Japan for “for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to…

InfoEd and AAHRPP Accreditation

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

Prospective clients interested in InfoEd’s Human Subjects module often ask questions related to AAHRPP accreditation. For those who aren’t familiar with the work of AAHRPP, its full name is the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, and…

Updated Guidance on Reporting Departures from the Guide

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

OLAW has updated guidance on reporting departures from the Guide. due to questions raised by attendees of the recent OLAW webinar “Departures from the Guide”. One of the scenarios used as an example of an IACUC-approved departure. After further review,…