Regulations and Requirements

This section contains information on policy and requirements documents that DOE follows in its implementation of the DOE Humans Subjects Protection Program.

Federal Regulations

This section includes key Federal requirements that must be met in all DOE-funded research involving human subjects, and all such research conducted at DOE sites/laboratories or involving DOE data/workers. Read More »

DOE-Specific Requirements

DOE-specific requirements are included in this section. Read More »

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

In certain instances, human subjects research projects are subject to additional requirements under HIPAA. Read More »

Highlights

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A guide RNA strand, in purple, guides CRISPR to a DNA strand. Scientists devised a method to identify genes that can be suppressed to customize microbes for biotechnology applications.

Investigating Cyanobacteria’s Many Paths to Adaptation

A new approach accelerates how quickly scientists can identify genes involved in environmental acclimation and understand bacterial stress.

A group of researchers in a laboratory, with four men standing up and a man and woman sitting down

Robotic Lab Revolutionizes Plant Bioengineering

A fast, automated, and high-throughput pipeline is improving the speed of plant engineering

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