Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP)
The agency responsible for developing, monitoring and exercising compliance over the protections afforded human subjects in all research supported by the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Formerly called the Office for Protection from Research Risks (OPRR).
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A DNA repair enzyme with antimutator activity. OGG1 is one of a number of enzymes that repair damage done to DNA by environmental mutagens such as those in cigarette smoke. The gene for OGG1 is located on chromosome 3p25. Mutations in OGG1 were first reported in 1999. The OGG1 gene is polymorphic with multiple normal […]
- OHRP
The Office of Human Research Protections, the agency responsible for developing, monitoring and exercising compliance over the protections afforded human subjects in all research supported by the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Formerly called the Office for Protection from Research Risks (OPRR).
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