This has been a year for analysis a...

This has been a year for analysis and consolidation in the human exposes research community. Congress held against enacting legislation mandating compliance with fresh protections for clinical trial participants in order to exhibition whether new voluntary accreditation programs can make sure adherence to standards and regulations. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued a report last spring that encourages accreditation of biomedical research organizations, and followed up this fall with a hefty tome in succession developing "A Systems Approach to Protecting Research Participants." Independent