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DNA databanks and consent: A suggested policy option involving an authorization model

Abstract

BackgroundGenetic databases are becoming increasingly common as a means of determining the relationship between lifestyle, environmental exposures and genetic diseases. These databases rely on large numbers of research subjects contributing their genetic material to successfully explore the genetic basis of disease. However, as all possible research questions that can be posed of the data are unknown, an unresolved ethical issue is the status …

Authors

Caulfield T; Upshur RE; Daar A

Journal

BMC Medical Ethics, Vol. 4, No. 1,

Publisher

Springer Nature

DOI

10.1186/1472-6939-4-1

ISSN

1472-6939