Discussion 7 – Medical Research on Human Subjects

Step 1: Your Initial Post – Explain your project (it doesn’t have to be something that is actually currently being researched – you can choose a historical example or something science fiction-y). What are you hoping to discover through this research? Why do you need to use live humans for this research? What population will you tap for subjects (why that population in particular)? What are the potential risks this project poses to the research subjects? What safeguards will you take to protect your subjects from these risks?