In the field of ethical issues in scientific research, the two most controversial topics concern involve the use of humans as research subjects and the use of non-human animals as research subjects. Each of those debates goes back over a hundred years,...

In biostatistics or psychological statistics, a research subject is any object or phenomenon that is observed for purposes of research. In survey research and opinion polling, the subject is often called a respondent. In human subject research, one...

In recent years, concerns about research with the decisionally impaired and children, genetic research involving identifiable communities and stored tissues, and the quality of the IRB review process and subjects' informed consent have all compelled reappraisal of both the fundamental ethical norms and...

The Subject Is Research: Processes and Practices, edited by Wendy Bishop and Pavel Zemliansky. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 2001. There are two major weaknesses in the teaching of research in first-year composition, at least as research is described in most of the research handbooks...

University of Cincinnati researchers hope their study of the tiny black-and-white striped zebrafish, whose systems closely track those of humans, will lead to enhanced research on human diseases.A $1.53 million four-year grant from the National Institutes of Health is targeted at creating a camera that...

A federal patient privacy rule has had a chilling effect on medical research, making it tougher to recruit patients and use their health records, the first national survey on the topic suggests.Two-thirds of the more than 1,500 epidemiologists surveyed said the Health Insurance Portability and...