National Research Act

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The National Research Act was enacted by the 93rd United States Congress. It created the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research to oversee and regulate the use of human experimentation in medicine. It was partly a response to the disastrous Tuskeegee syphilis study.

The act was signed into law on July 12, 1974.[1]

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  1. ^ National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research (April 18, 1979). "The Belmont Report: Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the protection of human subjects of research". Regulations and Ethical Guidelines. National Institutes of Health. Retrieved on 2008-03-11.
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