Before Giving Its Approval,an Institutional Review Panel Is Attempting to Ascertain

question 103

Multiple Choice

Before giving its approval,an institutional review panel is attempting to ascertain the benefits of a study that will involve some degree of physical discomfort for the participants.What is the most pressing issue before the committee?

• A)deceiving participants intentionally.
• B)debriefing participants after the study.
• C)developing the guidelines for informed consent.
• D)making a risk/gain assessment of the study.

Analyze the adequacy of consideration and its role in the enforceability of contracts.

Recognize the elements necessary for a binding contract, including bargained-for exchange and legal sufficiency.

Understand how promissory estoppel can create binding obligations in the absence of traditional consideration.

Explain the conditions under which modifications to contracts require additional consideration under common law versus the UCC.

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Definitions:

Transcription

The procedure that involves copying the details from a DNA strand into a newly formed molecule of messenger RNA (mRNA).

Translation

The process in molecular biology whereby the genetic code carried by mRNA is decoded to produce the specific sequence of amino acids in a polypeptide chain.

Messenger RNA

A type of RNA that carries genetic information from DNA to the ribosome, where proteins are synthesized.

Transcribed

The process by which a segment of DNA is copied into RNA by the enzyme RNA polymerase.