Use of Human Subjects in Research  

Course Introduction  
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Laws & regulations  
In the 1950's and 1960's, as federal funding for biomedical research increased dramatically, ethical safeguards and legal requirements were imposed on research activities involving human subjects.

The U.S. Government, in dialogue with the research community, gradually designed one of the most comprehensive systems in the world for protecting human subjects.

By Congressional mandate, the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioural Research was established in 1974 to make recommendations for the conduct of research involving humans.

Oversight for the system was assigned by law to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). They have set as their goal

High quality research
accompanied by
high standards of research ethics.

 
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