We are particularly interested in proposals that incorporate fundamentally new approaches, as well as those that
involve human experimentation.
Not exact matches
Even if an experiment is not federally funded it falls within the purview of this Office in that
human subjects are
involved in the
experimentation.
Experimental procedures can be licit if they «respect the life and integrity of the embryo and do not
involve disproportionate risks for it, but rather are directed to its healing, the improvement of its condition of health, or its individual survival»; but the mere «use of
human embryos or fetuses as an object of
experimentation» is «a crime against their dignity as
human beings.»
«Self -
experimentation is something we don't like to see and that we generally discourage, particularly when it
involves medical risks,» says Elizabeth Hohmann, director of Partners
Human Research Committees in Boston.
She implemented in 2010 and currently oversees the Norms and Integrity Unit, regrouping a major part of the activities related to the responsible conduct of research: scientific probity, ethics of research
involving humans, ethics in animal
experimentation and controlled goods.