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Ethically Impossible:STD Research in Guatemala from 1946 - 1948 The U.S. President's Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues report on research wrong doing involving intentionally exposing and infecting vulnerable populations to sexually transmitted diseases without the subjects’ consent.
New York Times Article, May 13, 2011: Oral history interviews subpoenaed for US historian's research on IRA "Secret Archive of Ulster Troubles Faces Subpoena"
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks A book interview by Rebecca Skoot ( who is talking at PRIM&R in December 2010. It is about the real person who's cell lines were donated to Science, called the HeLa cells.
Havasupai Tribe DNA Used without Consent - Settle Law Suit with U. of Arizona Acknowledging a desire to “remedy the wrong that was done,” the university’s Board of Regents on Tuesday agreed to pay $700,000 to 41 of the tribe’s members, return the blood samples and provide other forms of assistance to the impoverished Havasupai — a settlement that legal experts said was significant because it implied that the rights of research subjects can be violated when they are not fully informed about how their DNA might be used.
Call for comments on Best Practices for Research Involving Children and Adolescents: Genetic, Pharmaceutical, Longitudinal and Palliative Care Research
Havasupai Tribe DNA Used with Consent - Settle Law Suit with U. of Arizona Acknowledging a desire to “remedy the wrong that was done,” the university’s Board of Regents on Tuesday agreed to pay $700,000 to 41 of the tribe’s members, return the blood samples and provide other forms of assistance to the impoverished Havasupai — a settlement that legal experts said was significant because it implied that the rights of research subjects can be violated when they are not fully informed about how their DNA might be used.
The Canadian Council for the Protection of Human Research Participants (CCPHRM)The Presidents of SSHRC, NSERC and CIHR have drafted a letter encouraging the research community to participate in the consultation on human research participant protection, which is being organized by the Sponsors Table on Human Research Participant Protection.

CIHR Guidelines for Health Research Involving Aboriginal Peoples The new Guidelines are intended to facilitate research that is sensitive to, and respectful of, Aboriginal cultures and beliefs. They are intended to be interpreted in conjunction with the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS), other CIHR research policies, and all applicable law.

NEW PROCEDURES FOR HEALTH SCIENCE RESEARCH
All faculty members and PhD students, whose affiliation is with the Faculty of Health Sciences must submit their protocols to the HHS/FHS Research Ethics Board using the application forms found < Here >
All research by FHS undergraduate and Masters students must be submitted to the Student Research Ethics Committee (a sub-committee of the joint HHS/FHS REB) c/o Committee on Scientific Development (CSD) office as per instructions for student applications< Here >

Newsletter at Offices of Integrated Research Services @ Hamilton Health Sciences. Previous and current issues have a column by the Chair of the HHS/FHS REB, Dr. Jack Holland or the Research Ethics Officer, Ms. Alison van Nie.
Science 7 December 2007: Vol. 318. no. 5856, pp. 1537 - 1538 DOI: 10.1126/science.318.5856.1537a
Thai Science Agency Clamps Down on Sensitive Research by Richard Stone