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Nature Medicine 12, 3 (2006)
Published online: 29 December 2005 | doi:10.1038/nm0106-3

US ponders unlocking the gates to prisoner research

Emily Waltz1

  1. New York


Current rules forbid even legitimate research, critics say.


The US government is for the first time in nearly 30 years considering revising the rules that govern research on prisoners. The current regulations almost entirely forbid such research, but the potential for exploitation still makes some experts balk at the idea of loosening the rules.

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