In part, these policy changes are a response to the string of seemingly unethical research practices and experimental oversights that came to light earlier this year.
R.C. & D.E.G. conceived of the scientific idea, designed the experimental plan, provided oversight on the data collection and analysis, and wrote and edited the manuscript.
The Senate on Thursday passed by unanimous consent a measure designed to make it easier for terminally ill patients to get access to experimental treatments without oversight from the Food and Drug Administration.
JS conducted experimental design, provided oversight for human subject research, conducted data interpretation, and edited the manuscript.
Scientists are accustomed to scrutiny such as experimental protocol reviews, oversight on research conduct, and critiques provided during the peer-review publication process.
PRMR: experimental design, supervision of experimental work, statistical analysis, writing of the manuscript and supervision and oversight of the entire project.
Last week, the Texas Medical Board signed off on what's said to be the first state-level policy imposing oversight on experimental treatments using adult stem cells.
In February, President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence both signaled their support for efforts to sweep aside federal oversight for experimental medical treatments used by dying patients, fueling false hope that deregulation will lead to "more miracles".
It is an interesting question as the technology moves from experimental to regular use without oversight by such expert committees.
Paul Fleming and Lawrence Dick provided project oversight, participated in experimental design and data interpretation, and reviewed the manuscript.
