Biopsies from Healthy Volunteers to Advance Precision Medicine

Is it ethically acceptable to obtain tissue from healthy volunteers to enable comparisons with tissue from patients? The answer may depend on the accessibility of the tissue in question.

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 389; no. 20; pp. 1834 - 1837
Main Authors Kimmel, Paul L., Wendler, David S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston Massachusetts Medical Society 16.11.2023
Subjects
Altruism
Biopsy
Cancer
Consent
Ethical and Legal Issues
Ethics
Gastroenterology
Gastroenterology General
Genetics
Genetics General
Hematology
Kidney diseases
Medical Ethics
Nephrology
Nephrology General
Oncology
Oncology General
Patients
Precision medicine
Prostate
Research Ethics
Surgery
Surgery General
Focus on Research
Medical Ethics and Human Rights
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Summary:Is it ethically acceptable to obtain tissue from healthy volunteers to enable comparisons with tissue from patients? The answer may depend on the accessibility of the tissue in question.
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMp2307451