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Institutional Review Boards

Institutional Review Boards

An Institutional Review Board, or IRB, is a group that reviews and monitors biomedical research involving human subjects. An IRB’s main function is to protect the rights and the welfare of human subjects who participate in research. As such, under Federal Regulations, research projects involving human subjects must be reviewed by an IRB.

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