Biobanking: International Norms

• Published in: The Journal of law, medicine & ethics Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 7 - 14
• Main Author: Knoppers, Bartha Maria
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 22.03.2005; SAGE Publications; Sage Publications, Inc; Cambridge University Press
• Subjects: Biotechnology; Commercialization; DNA identification; DNA testing; European Union; Evaluation; Gene banks; Genetic research; Genome, Human; Government regulation; Human genome; Human Genome Project; Humans; Internationality; Laws, regulations and rules; Terminology as Topic; Tissue banks; Tissue Banks - ethics; Tissue Banks - trends; Genetics and Reproduction; Biomedical and Behavioral Research

While the socio-ethical and legal issues surrounding clinical genetics have long been the subject of international interest, the thorny questions of genetic research and biobanking are more recent. Add to this the fact that national guidelines and laws usually precede international policymaking, and...