Guidelines for Human Biospecimen

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1 Guidelines for Human Biospecimen Storage, Tracking, Sharing, and disposal within the NIH Intramural Research Program September, 2019; Revised May, 2021; Revised September, 2021 This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-ND 2 Contents Preface ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ ............... 3 Introduction ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ ....... 4 Definition of Human Biospecimens ........................................ ........................................ ............. 4 1. Legal and ethical considerations ........................................ ........................................ ............. 6 2. Collection and storage.

storage, tracking, sharing, and disposal of human biospecimens within the IRP. There are many important regulations and policies on the ethical acquisition of human biospecimens, summarized in the Guidelines and Policies for the Co nduct of Research in the Intramural Research Program at NIH, which I encourage you to read.

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