Consider the following analogy question: ________ is to animal research as ________ is to human research. The correct answers to complete this analogy are **IACUC** and **IRB**, respectively, because the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) oversees animal studies, just as the Institutional Review Board (IRB) oversees research involving human participants.

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While Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) review research proposals involving human participants, animal experimental proposals are reviewed by an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) to ensure the humane treatment of animal research subjects.

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