Since it’s issuance in 1998, Canada’s Tricouncil Policy Statement (Canada’s policy on the ethics of human research) has had an influence on the practice of research ethics that has outsized Canada’s population. The three research councils– CIHR, NSERC, and SSHRC– are presently revising the Tricouncil, and a few days ago, a revised draft was presented… Continue reading Northern Lights? Canada and the New Tricouncil Draft
Tag: Therapeutic Misconception
In Brugge: The Cure
One of the most striking themes at the European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy was the extent to which continental European researchers conceptualize first-in-human gene transfer experiments as therapeutic interventions rather than research protocols. Perhaps the most extreme and explicit expression of this was view was presented by Bonn internest Thomas Heinemann (he also… Continue reading In Brugge: The Cure
You are being (ethically) watched!
In the current issue of Bulletin of the World Health Organization, authors Margaret Carrel and Stuart Rennie describe ethical challenges presented by demographic and health surveillance activities performed in low-income countries (“Demographic and Health Surveillance: Longitudinal Ethical Considerations”). What’s the link to translational research and gene transfer? A number of issues identified in this article… Continue reading You are being (ethically) watched!
Can You Keep A Secret?
People often enter drug studies in order to access a promising new drug. But clinical trials take place over a set time period. So is it ethical to withhold from prospective trial subjects preliminary data on safety or efficacy that have been gathered from initial volunteers? In the Feb 1, 2008 issue of Journal of… Continue reading Can You Keep A Secret?