When does human stem cell research need to be reviewed by the Institutional Review Board?
Research needs to be reviewed by the Institutional Review Board if it involves: • Interaction or intervention with living individuals. • Examples: Identifying patients for donation of residual (fresh) or stored (frozen) embryos for research; clinical investigations involving the use of human stem cells. • Identifiable private information about living individuals • Example: Information about the donor(s) is linked to the embryos or cell lines (e.g., medical information) to be created or used. Click of the this decision tree to help you determine whether you are conducting human subjects research.
