With regards to ethics in scientific biomedical research, changes ...

[jon_i]

With regards to ethics in scientific biomedical research, changes have been proposed for the Declaration of Helsinki, which were spurred by the following developments:
 
  a) Increased research sponsored by for-profit organizations such as pharmaceutical companies
  b) Increased non-profit agency and government scrutiny regarding the clinical populations being proposed for investigation
  c) Less stringent guidelines on informed consent in order to increase the number of double-blind experimental designs
  d) Decreased globalization of research which limits cross-culture generalizability

Question 2

Down's syndrome is the result of:
 
  a) Environmental insult, usually during the birth process.
  b) A recessive-gene disease.
  c) A specific chromosomal abnormality.
  d) None of the above; the cause is unknown.

[kjohnson]

Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

c

[jon_i]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[amandalm]

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