In 2008, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Undiagnosed Diseases Program (UDP)1,2 was established to provide answers for patients with conditions that had long eluded diagnosis. Based on the success… Click to show full abstract
In 2008, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Undiagnosed Diseases Program (UDP)1,2 was established to provide answers for patients with conditions that had long eluded diagnosis. Based on the success of the UDP, the NIH elected to support the program’s expansion into a network of medical research centers in 2013, the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN). Here we outline the steps required for implementing a single Institutional ReviewBoard (IRB), highlighting our experience in the UDN.
               
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