The "logic of the specific" had originally been conceived, in critique of Bergson and Nishida, as a reappraisal of the logical and ethical role that ethnic specificity plays in mediating the particular individual and universal humanity.
Concerning the patients' specificity and ethical aspect, a randomised controlled study is unlikely.
First, it improves mindfulness among funders, investigators, research ethics committees, and relevant regulatory authorities about what CE practices aim to accomplish ethically, by improving the specificity and precision of the stated ethical goals.
Monoclonal antibodies present several advantages over polyclonal sera, such as specificity, reproducibility, and ethical advantages [ 28].
Another ethical issue stemming from the specificity of the Muslim study population was the need to use gender matching research assistants in the study.
In the framework of Non-Conventional Medicines Experimental Program of Emilia-Romagna Region a parallel, challenging, educational strategy is needed and is in course, addressed to CAM researchers (about clinical research general methodology), and to Ethical Committees' members (about the specificities of clinical research in CAM).
Critically, a high degree of similarity exists between iPSCs and ESCs, offering new hope for the use of pluripotent stem cells for regenerative therapies with fewer ethical concerns and, potentially, enhanced patient specificity.
The additions relate to the use of biomarkers in epidemiological studies, concerning collection, handling and storage of biological samples; laboratory methods, validity and reliability of biomarkers; specificities of study design; and ethical considerations.
As discussed in previous sections, the cultural, religious and social specificities of the majority Muslim study population prompted specific actions to address these ethical issues.
Future modifications to legislation in France concerning the end of life will likely accentuate the debate concerning the specificities of palliative care practices and their ethical and identity issues.
Researchers have suggested that even with that type of specificity, alternative assessments are needed to capture the ethical and political values that inform policies such as those involving nanotechnology (Schrader-Frechette 2002).
