The _____ is an interdisciplinary review committee tasked with protecting the rights of human research subjects by weighing the relative costs and benefits of proposed research and making decisions about whether the said research may be carried out at their organization.

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The description matches that of an Institutional Review Board (IRB), which is responsible for the ethical review of research involving human subjects. The Nuremberg Code and National Commission are historical guidelines and reports, respectively, related to ethical research, but they are not review committees. "Human subject" is a general term for individuals who participate in research, and a biomedical research committee is not necessarily focused on protecting human subjects specifically.

The _____ Is an Interdisciplinary Review Committee Tasked with Protecting