Regulations of Regenerative Medicine Including Clinical Application of iPS Cells in Japan

Ethical Issues Surrounding the Research Use of Forensic Samples in Japan

“…The current authors previously reported on ethical guidelines in Japan for the use of human samples for research purposes [1,2]. In Japan, Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Health Research Involving Human Subjects (EGM) have been established primarily by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and applied research in which human samples are used [3].…”