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Life Sciences Research Office

Life Sciences Research Office is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Life Sciences Research Office rather than just read about it. In short: Life Sciences Research Organization (LSRO) is a non-profit organization based in Maryland, United States, that specializes in assembling "ad hoc" expert panels to evaluate scientific literature, data, systems, and proposals in the biomedical sciences. Overview LSRO was founded in 1962 as an office within the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) to fulfill a US military need for independe…

Key takeaways

Life Sciences Research Office belongs to biology; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Life Sciences Research Office to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Life Sciences Research Office from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Life Sciences Research Organization (LSRO) is a non-profit organization based in Maryland, United States, that specializes in assembling "ad hoc" expert panels to evaluate scientific literature, data, systems, and proposals in the biomedical sciences.

Overview LSRO was founded in 1962 as an office within the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) to fulfill a US military need for independent scientific counsel. In 2000, LSRO became an independent non-profit organization. It changed its name from Life Sciences Research Office to Life Sciences Research Organization in 2010, and in that same year announced the formation of LSRO Solutions which along with LSRO provides independent, impartial scientific analysis and advice. The organization has a reputation for conducting studies on politically charged issues which are of concern to federal agencies or corporations. Some issues include the dental amalgam controversy, dietary supplement monitoring, and "reduced risk" cigarette products. It has faced scrutiny for its private clients, particularly in relation to tobacco research.

Past and current clients

Federal government Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) NASA National Center for Health Services Research National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Naval Research U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) United States Department of Health and Human Services United States National Library of Medicine

Private sector American Physiological Society American Society for Nutritional Sciences American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Amoco BioProducts Corp Biothera California Walnut Commission Calorie Control Council ChemiNutra Dow AgroSciences Kellogg Company Keller and Heckman LLP Monsanto Company Philip Morris Porter Novelli Procter & Gamble Research-based Dietary Ingredient Association RJR Nabisco Sandoz Nutrition Corp United Dairy Industry Association

Notable publications A Study of the Biomedical Problems Related to the Requirements of Troops at Terrestrial Altitudes of 10,000 Feet or Above (1963) A Study of the Army Radiation Preservation of Food Program (1963) A Study of Research Methodology for Use in the Development of Anti-radiation Agents (1966) A Study of Early Radiation-induced Biological Changes as Indicators of Radiation Injury (1969) A Review of the Biomedical Effects of Marijuana on Man in the Military Environment (1970) A Study of Individual Variability in Dark Adaptation and Night Vision in Man (1970) Various reports reviewing GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) substances published between 1972 and 1982 The Nutritional Significance of Dietary Fiber (1977) The Need for Special Foods and Sugar Substitutes by Individuals with Diabetes Mellitus (1978) A Review of Adverse Reactions From and Hypersensitivity to Peanut and True Nuts (1979) Research Needs in Management of Obesity by Severe Caloric Restriction (1979) The Role of Dietary Fiber in Diverticular Disease and Colon Cancer (1980) An Evaluation of the Potential for Dietary Proteins to Contribute to Systemic Diseases (1982) Guidelines for Use of Dietary Intake Data (1988) Nutrition and HIV Infection: A Review and Evaluation of the Extant Knowledge of the Relationship between Nutrition and HIV Infection (1990) Guidelines for Assessment and Management of Iron Deficiency in Women of Childbearing Age (1991) Safety of Amino Acids Used as Dietary Supplements (1992) Consistency Between Nutrition Label Information and Laboratory Analysis for 300 Food Products (1996) Assessment of Nutrient Requirements for Infant Formulas (1998) Military Dental Research Review (2000) Review of Infant Formula Nutrient Requirements for Preterm Infants (2001) The Scientific Evidence for a Beneficial Health Relationship Between Walnuts and Coronary Heart Disease (2002) -- Report contributed to the approval of the first qualified health claim on a whole food by the FDA. Review of Ingredients Added to Cigarettes. Phase One: The Feasibility of Testing Ingredients Added to Cigarettes (2004) Recommendations for Adverse Event Monitoring Programs for Dietary Supplements (2004) Review and Analysis of the Literature on the Potential Adverse Health Effects of Dental Amalgam (2004) Review of Ingredients Added to Cigarettes. Phase Two: Scientific Criteria for the Evaluation of Ingredients Added to Cigarettes (2004) Recommendations for Reviewing Research on Advanced First-Responder Resuscitation Fluids and Adjunct Therapies (2005)

See also GRAS Toxicology United States National Academy of Sciences

References

External links Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) Life Sciences Research Organization (LSRO)

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Life Sciences Research Office

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Life Sciences Research Office claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Life Sciences Research Office before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Life Sciences Research Office ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Life Sciences Research Office

In research: Life Sciences Research Office appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Life Sciences Research Office in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Life Sciences Research Office is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Biology organizations, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Life Sciences Research Office outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Life Sciences Research Office in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Life Sciences Research Office matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Life Sciences Research Office?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Life Sciences Research Office.