Los Alamos National Laboratory making progress in Groundwater Protection Program
...vironment Department then issued a legally binding consent order in 2005, setting timelines and requirements for LANL's program. Since the 1940s, LANL has disposed of its radioactive and other hazardous wastes on-site. Liquid effluents have been discharged into canyons, for example, while solid wastes hav...Study of underground lakes in Antarctica could be critical, prof says
...two-thirds of the worlds population. By unanimous consent of these nations, Antarctica has been viewed as a continent for science, research and peace. The Department of State coordinates U.S. policy on Antarctica and works closely with the National Science Foundation, which administers and manages the U.S...Nobel laureate James Watson receives personal genome in ceremony at Baylor College of Medicine
...an ethical model for providing the data, writing a consent form that covered all the risks and ethical issues involved and obtaining research approvals from BCM boards. BCMs strength in genetics, diagnostics and genomics made it a logical partner in the project. For example, BCM has developed gene chips th...Regulating Californian stem cell research, and more
...novative features of the regulations: the informed consent process and the protection of egg (oocyte) donors....ten fail to understand the information in detailed consent forms." The CIRM regulations require that CIRM researchers evaluate whether women have fully underst...Obtaining valid consent for doing large genetic studies in developing countries
...f ethical principles for obtaining ethically valid consent for such studies conducted in the developing world...Parker M, Diakite M, Makani J, et al. (2007) Valid consent for genomic epidemiology in developing countries. PLoS Med 4(4): e95. PLEASE ADD THE LINK TO THE P...Dog DNA study yields clues to diverse size of breeds
... has been built up with the help of pet owners who consent to their pets providing saliva and blood samples for the database. Mars genetic data allowed the study to fill the gap between giant and miniature breeds ensuring coverage across the entire range of sizes of breeds we have today. These findings a...Is bigger better? Breast surgery linked to boost in self-esteem and sexuality
...smetic purposes. Eligible candidates were mailed a consent form, a demographic questionnaire and pre-tests asking them to rate their self-esteem and sexuality. They were then mailed a similar post-test two to three months after the surgery. Improvements in the womens self-esteem and sexual satisfaction wer...Kaiser Permanente Unveils Groundbreaking Genetic Research Program
...can occur, the RPGEH will obtain informed, written consent from Kaiser Permanente members. By combining the genetic, health, and survey information from hundreds of thousands of members into databases, researchers hope to gain a deeper understanding of what combinations of genes and environmental factors i...Kaiser Permanente Unveils Groundbreaking Genetic Research Program
...can occur, the RPGEH will obtain informed, written consent from Kaiser Permanente members. By combining the genetic, health, and survey information from hundreds of thousands of members into databases, researchers hope to gain a deeper understanding of what combinations of genes and environmental factors i...Phase III trials of cellulose sulfate microbicide for HIV prevention closed
...of the study was assessed prior to their signing a consent form. Each trial site is linked to local organizations that provide care for women who become HIV-infected during the trial. As part of the trial preparation, CONRAD set aside funding for women who become HIV-positive during the trial to ensure ade......olving human subjects. Parents and children signed consent forms. Children were excluded from the study if they had used other head lice treatments within the previous two weeks. Clayton dispatched his students in pairs to the homes of infested children to test the various methods. After completion...US clinical researchers resist full financial disclosure, according to Conflicts-of-Interest Study
...dings raise important questions about the informed consent process," said principal investigator Jeremy Sugar...erests take place at the beginning of the informed consent process, when information about the risks and benefits of participation are initially presented. Whi...Scientists crack genetic secrets of human egg
...ggs, Cibelli said. All the donors granted informed consent for their surplus eggs to be used for this research. Cibelli worked with researchers in Chile to extract the RNA from the unfertilized eggs soon after they were harvested. That material (atreasure of genetic information,) was frozen and shipped to ...Children's Hospital Boston presents at the 2006 Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting
...06 Presentation Time: 9:45 am Requiring parental consent when teens are surveyed about substance use may sk...d from two previous studies: one required parental consent and one didn't. The study that didn't require parental consent had much greater participation rates ...Highlights from the April 2006 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...to 5 years old, were observed with their parents' consent at a day-care center, and parents supplied information for their kids' eating habits at home. Overall, the researchers found, the children ate significantly less while watching television, except for pre-schoolers whose parents say are accustomed to...Truly informed consent must include talking about future fertility, warn experts
...ently. However, in order to obtain truly informed consent for many cancer treatments, this subject must be o...blems associated with sperm banking; for instance, consent forms that may be incomprehensible for adolescents and which raise the issue of what should happen t...Wisconsin scientists grow two new stem cell lines in animal cell-free culture
...re donated for research with the informed, written consent of patients who were no longer undergoing treatment for infertility. The experiments were reviewed and approved by the UW-Madison's institutional review board, a panel that oversees work with human subjects....Looking for the genes that affect a person's level of response to alcohol
...the youngest possible age they could give informed consent as the picture is clearest when they're youngest. When people get older, they get fatter, they change their percent body water, which changes their reaction per drink, their liver gets a little slower in metabolizing alcohol, their brain gets a litt...Expression Project for Oncology (expO) collects 1,000th malignant tumor specimen
...we had addressed key issues of patient privacy and consent is a major step forward," said Robert Penny, M.D., Ph.D., Executive Director of expO and Chief Medical Officer of IGC. "Going from zero to 1,000 tumor samples in 16 months was also a considerable feat." IGC has established a standardization system fo...NHGRI's large-scale sequencing research network sets its sights on disease targets
... of these issues, which include obtaining informed consent from volunteers who plan to donate samples or who have already donated samples for other research projects, protecting the privacy of such volunteers, and understanding when, or how to report clinically relevant results back to volunteers, are simila...