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Nature Medicine 13, 652 (2007)
Published online: 31 May 2007 | doi:10.1038/nm0607-652
Emergency trials of blood substitutes skirt ethical questions
Andrea Anderson1
- New York
Abstract
Researchers are testing products without informed consent.
Did you wear a thick, blue plastic bracelet with the words "I decline the Northfield PolyHeme study" splashed across it in bold black writing during the years 2004 to 2006?If not, and had you been in a serious accident during that time, you could have been unwittingly enrolled in a phase 3 clinical trial for the blood substitute PolyHeme.
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