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Totally. For obvious animal welfare reasons it is standard practice in the industry to keep careful plans for these tests. You must prove that you absolutely
by iancmceachern 4y ago
Totally. For obvious animal welfare reasons it is standard practice in the industry to keep careful plans for these tests. You must prove that you absolutely need an animal model for the test, you must have a clear cut, documented procedure and design of experiments, etc. Every other company that does this kind of work does this.
- bpodgursky 4y agoThere's no legal requirement here, it's just standard IRB stuff. If you run a slaughterhouse, nobody is making you count the chickens you kill.
- iancmceachern 4y agoBut IRB is required by law. The accounts of what Neuralink did would never pass a legit IRB panel.
- telotortium 4y agoSource? Most universities have an IRB for non-human test subjects, and the federal funding requirements may require an IRB, but I can't find any federal requirements for an IRB on non-human subjects if you're not taking federal funding, even for FDA approval.
- iancmceachern 4y agoThank you, it's not an IRB in the case of an animal, it's a different acronym (though not a classic FDA TLA, three letter acronym). It's a IACUC, https://irb.utah.edu/guidelines/fda-requirements/animals.php#:~:text=The%20IRB%20reviews%20research%20that,IACUC%20and%20complete%20an%20application https://irb.utah.edu/guidelines/fda-requirements/animals.php.... So a similar process, similar requirement, just called something different.