(NPR) – Back then, says Handley, the elders in the community had made a request that’s almost never demanded of researchers: “They said, ‘We will only allow this if you promise to return and tell us what it is that you found.’ ”

Handley readily agreed. But getting the money to do so proved even more complicated than she first imagined. It’s only in the last several months – through a new project funded by a branch of the United States National Institutes of Health that focuses on ethics in research – that Handley has been able to make good on her commitment. (Read More)