Precautionary Framework Proposed for Genomic Community Benefit-Sharing Risks
A study proposes a procedural precautionary framework to address autonomy risks and elite capture in genomic research benefit-sharing arrangements.
Tag: research ethics
AI, Brain and Child journal charts 2026 agenda from intersection to synthesis
The editors of AI, Brain and Child review their first volume of 20 articles and set a 2026 agenda aimed ...
Wearable monitoring in mental health care: scoping review finds limited evidence and unresolved ethical tensions
A systematic scoping review of 147 studies finds that wearable monitoring in mental health care may offer benefits but rests ...
Enhanced Games Move Enhancement Debate Into a Real Governance Test
A new Perspective argues that permitting enhancement in sport relocates rather than removes the regulatory boundary, leaving assessment, verification, implementation ...
Journal Retracts Study on Antibiotic Medication Errors in Pediatric Patients
Discover Medicine has retracted a 2024 study on antibiotic medication errors in pediatric inpatients over ethical approval, consent, data confidentiality ...
Broad consent for children’s genomic data works only with safeguards, Australian professionals say
A qualitative study of 20 Australian professionals finds broad consent for paediatric genomic data is seen as workable only with ...
Kidney Stone Surgery Trial Retracted Over Ethics Approval and Data Concerns
A 2022 randomized trial comparing RIRS and MINI-PCNL for 20–30 mm kidney stones has been retracted over unresolved ethical approval ...
Informed consent documents in India fall short of ethical and regulatory disclosure requirements
A retrospective review of 501 Indian informed consent documents found incomplete compliance with ICMR 2017 and NDCT 2019 disclosure requirements, ...
Chiropractors torn between patient care and research roles in trial, study finds
A qualitative study of 15 Norwegian chiropractors found that serving as unpaid co-researchers in a neck manipulation trial forced them ...
Lessons from a global effort to center lived experience in climate and mental health research
A new perspective article documents how the Connecting Climate Minds initiative engaged nearly 1,200 participants across seven world regions to ...
Scoping review maps how Indigenous communities govern health research
A scoping review identifies five thematic blocks of community research governance practices in health research with Indigenous Peoples.
Scoping review maps consent pathways in time-critical heart attack research
A scoping review maps fifteen studies on consent pathways in time-critical heart attack research and finds no basis for preferring ...
Portuguese-Language Training Builds Clinical Trial Capacity in Lusophone Africa
An online Portuguese-language programme trained 234 professionals in Lusophone Africa on the ethical and legal requirements of clinical research, with ...
Shock Wave Therapy for Children’s Lungs: Why the Evidence Falls Short
A 2026 narrative review concludes that shock wave therapy shows biological activity in lung cells and animal models but lacks ...
A New Framework Proposes Controlling High-Performance Brain States in Real Time
A new hypothesis paper proposes treating access to high-performance cognitive states as a closed-loop engineering problem, specifying a five-layer architecture ...
Research report: Beware of scientific scams! Hints to avoid predatory publishing in biological journals
Researchers warn that predatory journals, books and meetings are proliferating in biology, and they offer practical tools to help scientists ...
When Doctor and Scientist Collide: The Ethical Fault Lines of Pediatric Cell and Gene Therapy Trials
A McGill University review finds that the ethics of pediatric first-in-human cell and gene therapy trials rests on two foundational ...
Trust Is Not the Problem: Rethinking Biobanking Across Africa
A new Perspective argues that mistrust of biobanking in Africa is a rational response to historical exploitation and weak governance, ...
Ninety Minutes on AI Changed How Surgeons View Scientific Publishing, Study Finds
A brief ninety-minute workshop at an international hernia surgery congress significantly improved surgeons' self-reported knowledge of AI in scientific publishing ...
Neuroscience Journals Lack Consistent Rules for Reporting Race and Ethnicity, Review Finds
A new review of 27 leading neuroscience journals finds inconsistent and often absent guidance on reporting race and ethnicity population ...
