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.
The IRB reserves the authority to suspend or terminate approval of research. The suspension of an IRB project that is being funded will in turn affect the continued use of funds on the account. Anyone conducting human subjects research without the approval of the IRB may be subject to a finding of research misconduct.