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To the Editor: Publication of the results of biomedical research is not a mere formality in science. It is the culmination of a long process, and careful attention to every step in that process is important.¹ In randomized clinical trials, failing to obtain or forgetting to report informed consent from participants or approval of the protocol by an institutional review board (IRB) might suggest that the authors considered these steps unimportant details, if not obstacles. This is clearly a misconception, because the aim of research is to serve human subjects, not to use them.

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