Roswell Park has launched the Center for Indigenous Cancer Research, a first of its kind, dedicated to reducing the impact cancer has on the Indigenous communities from Western New York to the rest of the world. The center’s staff will work tirelessly to ensure...
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An Australian National Biobank Works to Build Trust in Indigenous Community & Returns Bio-Samples
More than 200 vials of blood samples, collected long ago before ethical principles related to informed consent represented the norm, were returned to the Australian indigenous Galiwin’ku community that resides near the northern coast of Australia. As it turns out,...
University of Alaska Fairbanks Research with Indigenous Peoples
The University of Alaska recently posted this IRB guide for conducting research with indigenous peoples. The content was adopted and reprinted via the approval of University of Montana. The University of Alaska notes that the state is home to 229 federally...