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Health Professional Version   Last Modified: 09/22/2008
Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

Resource  Description 
Genetic Testing and Screening in the Age of Genomic Medicine. New York State Task Force on Life and the Law. Includes general and state-specific information in a bulleted report.
Pharmacogenetics: Ethical Issues. Nuffield Council on Bioethics. Includes a section discussing the use of pharmacogenetics in clinical trials.
Protecting Human Research Subjects Institutional Review Board Guidebook, Chapter V, Section H: Human Genetic Research. Office for Human Research Protections. Discusses many issues that continue to challenge IRBs investigators, and policy makers today.


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