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The HHS Office of Biotechnology Activities (OBA) recently posted a new Policy for Oversight of Life Sciences Dual Use Research of Concern; a copy of the policy is found...

Military secrets leaked from U.S. universities;  rules flouted? See the Bloomburg Businessweek article at: ...

PHS policy requires that institutions have an OLAW-approved Animal Welfare Assurance before performing any activities involving live vertebrate animals. One institution that receives PHS funds may...

To continue our outreach and providing the most up to date templates for our investigators to use, please click on the ORPC Consent Template page to download the most current versions....

OLAW has developed a new factsheet to assist grant applicants in completing the Vertebrate Animal Section of grant applications, contract proposals and cooperative agreements for submission to the...

Please be sure to use the correct email address for submitting protocol applications for review. That way, we at ORPC can respond to your requests in a timely manner and forward your application...

The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues has recommended changes to current practices to better protect research subjects and to improve its tracking of research programs...

Please use the most up to date forms and applications when submitting for IRB review and approval. Using older forms may delay the processing of your application (and causing minor headaches for...

OHRP has released the 2012 edition of the International Compilation of Human Research Standards which lists over 1,000 laws, regulations, and guidelines on human subjects protections in over 100...

The Office for Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) has released information about their adoption of the new edition of the Guide for Use of Laboratory Animals (8th Edition). OLAW requests public...