Who sits on the Childrens Hospital Boston IRB and ESCRO committees?
The IRB is composed of Children’s staff from a broad range of clinical and administrative areas, representatives from the Children’s patient/family population and from the community. For more information on Children’s IRB, click here… As specified by the Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research of the National Academy of Sciences, the ESCRO committees are composed of scientists with expertise in stem cell biology and assisted reproductive medicine, ethicists, and members of the lay public. Is the research at Children’s Hospital Boston compliant with the Massachusetts stem cell research legislation? Children’s Hospital Boston is registered to do this work in Massachusetts, as the state law requires. The protocol was reviewed under Massachusetts state law and found to be in compliance. In connection with the approval of this work, there was an onsite inspection by members of the Children’s Hospital research administration to assure that no federal funds, materials, or resource
