There must also be a procedure for obtaining the written informed consent, and the resulting documents must be maintained. Also, confidentiality must be maintained. The new regulations have already stopped a very small pilot study Wang and her collaborators planned to detect a specific hormone level in cancer patients and healthy individuals. She adds, however, that people are beginning to understand and work within China's new regulations. Other difficulties, some minor, some not so minor, dog collaborative studies with China.
Equipment can also be a problem.
We have to bring the equipment to China from here. So we didn't have completed data on the measurement design. Wang also notes that research instruments used in the United States may have to be modified for China. X.M. Wang et al. Neuroscientist Yi Rao of Washington University in St. Louis, has a joint project with three codirectors, one of whom is with the Chinese Academy of Science in Shanghai.