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Does the IRB serve as a scientific review panel?

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Does the IRB serve as a scientific review panel?

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Not officially, but if a proposed project appears to lack scientific merit or rigor, or to duplicate existing work with more than minimal risk to subjects, the Board is required to consider whether the benefits to individual subjects and society outweigh the potential for harm to them.