1.0Public Citizenhttps://www.citizen.orgDiane Krauthamerhttps://www.citizen.org/author/dkrauthamer/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="R0cXyGrqv6"><a href="https://www.citizen.org/article/comments-on-national-bioethics-advisory-commission-report-on-research-issues-involving-human-participants/">Comments on National Bioethics Advisory Commission Report on Research Issues Involving Human Participants</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.citizen.org/article/comments-on-national-bioethics-advisory-commission-report-on-research-issues-involving-human-participants/embed/#?secret=R0cXyGrqv6" width="600" height="338" title="“Comments on National Bioethics Advisory Commission Report on Research Issues Involving Human Participants” — Public Citizen" data-secret="R0cXyGrqv6" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> The report is a significant review of the system and provides many thoughtful recommendations on improvements. The report describes the challenges facing the current system as significant and states that they call for major change (Chapter 1, p. 40, lines 3-4). We agree with this assessment, but feel that the changes recommended often fall short of major change, particularly in the area of conflict of interest.https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/public_citizen_shared_link.jpg1200628