On September 12th, 2012, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) published a revision to the NIH Guidelines that will go into effect on March 5th, 2013. The most significant change to the Guidelines was the incorpor
ation of research involving synthetic nucleic acid molecules. Due to the inclusion of these experiments to the document, the NIH changed the name of the Guidelines to the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules. Details regarding all of the revisions may be found on the NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities website: http://oba.od.nih.gov/rdna/nih_guidelines_oba.html
Due to the NIH Guidelines’ change in scope, EHSO is working to revise the Biosafety Notice of Intent Form and the newly implemented Biosafety Training (available in the Emory Learning Management System) to encompass all changes. Please be sure to always download forms from the EHSO website to ensure you are using the latest version.