1 There must be enough oxygen in the air you are breathing. 2  Your lungs must be able to inhale the oxygen-containing air â and exhale carbon dioxide.  Your bloodstream must be able to circulate blood to your lungs, take up the oxygen and carry it throughout your body.
An institutional review board (IRB), also known as an independent ethics committee (IEC), ethical review board (ERB), or research ethics board (REB), is a type of committee used in research in the United States that has been formally designated to approve, monitor, and review biomedical and behavioral research involving humans.
An independent IRB is subject to the same federal and state regulatory requirements applicable to all IRBs. A significant percentage of independent IRBs are accredited. In 1998, the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services issued a report noting that independent IRBs offer a number of benefits, such as: