A Biomedical Scientist Speaks Out

Adil E. Shamoo, a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and editor in chief of the journal Accountability in Research, complains that human subjects regulations "have handicapped researchers whose work poses no threat to humans." ("Deregulating Low-Risk Research," Chronicle of Higher Education, 3 August 2007; thanks to John Mueller for the heads-up.)