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Title Comparative issues in the governance of research biobanks : property, privacy, intellectual property, and the role of technology / Giovanni Pascuzzi, Umberto Izzo, Matteo Macilotti, editors
Published Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2013

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Contents Property and Privacy in Biobanking -- Research Biobanks Meet Synthetic Biology: Autonomy and Ownership / Stephen R. Munzer -- Regulating Biobanks: Another Triple Bottom Line / Roger Brownsword -- Health Insurance, Employment, and the Human Genome: Genetic Discrimination and Biobanks in the United States / Eric A. Feldman, Chelsea Darnell -- Ownership of Biomedical Information in Biobanks / Naomi Hawkins, Nadja Kanellopoulou, Jane Kaye, Karen Melham, Paula Boddington -- Human Tissues in the "Public Space": Beyond the Property/Privacy Dichotomy / Mariachiara Tallacchini -- Should Privacy Be Abolished in Genetics and Biobanking? / Amedeo Santosuosso -- Biobanks and Electronic Health Records: Open Issues / Paolo Guarda -- Informed Consent and Research Biobanks: A Challenge in Three Dimensions / Matteo Macilotti -- Intellectual Property and Biobanks -- The Challenges of Achieving Open Source Sharing of Biobank Data / Donna M. Gitter -- Beyond Open Source: Patents, Biobanks and Sharing / E. Richard Gold, Dianne Nicol -- Opening Research Biobanks: An Overview / Roberto Caso, Rossana Ducato -- The Roles of Material Transfer Agreements in Genetics Databases and Bio-Banks / Thomas Margoni -- Quasi-Patents and Semi-Patents in Biobanking / Gideon Parchomovsky, Michael Mattioli -- Accessing Accessions: Biobanks and Benefit-Sharing / Mark Perry -- Conveying Information, Generating Trust: The Role of Certifications in Biobanking / Matteo Ferrari -- Biobanks: The Perspective of Biobanker's -- Scientific and Managerial Premises and Unresolved Issues in Tumour Biobanking Activities / Mattia Barbareschi, Silvia Fasanella, Chiara Cantaloni, Silvia Giuliani -- The Italian Prototype Networks of Research Biobanks / Giuliano D'Agnolo, Elena Bravo -- Governance of Biobanks for Cancer Research: Proposal for a Material Transfer Agreement / Barbara Parodi, Paola Visconti, Tiziana Ruzzon, Mauro Truini
Summary In the last few years, the boom in biobanking has prompted a lively debate on a host of interrelated legal issues, such as the Gordian knot of the ownership of biological materials, as well as privacy concerns. The latter are due to the difficulty of accepting that biological samples must be completely anonymous without making it practically impossible to exploit their information potential. The issues also include the delicate role and the changing content of the donor's "informed consent" as the main legal tool that may serve to link the privacy and property interests of donors with the rese
Analysis Law
Medicine
Bioinformatics
Public health laws
International IT and Media Law, Intellectual Property Law
Computational Biology/Bioinformatics
Medical Law
Bibliography ReferencesChapter 7: Should Privacy Be Abolished in Genetics and Biobanking?; 7.1 Individual Privacy and Family Ties in Genetics and Biobanking; 7.2 Current Main Features in Biobanking and Privacy; 7.2.1 Definitions; 7.2.2 Interconnection of Biobanks, Confidentiality and Access; 7.2.3 Privacy Without Boundaries; 7.2.4 Disenchantment on Privacy and Informed Consent; 7.3 The Real Interests at Stake; 7.3.1 Family and Humanity: Is the Human Genome Really Human? What Family?; 7.3.2 Where Should We Draw the Boundary Line? Biology; 7.3.3 Where Should We Draw the Boundary Line?
Subject Biobanks -- Law and legislation.
Biology -- Research -- Law and legislation
Cross-cultural studies.
Medical policy.
Intellectual property.
Biological Specimen Banks -- legislation & jurisprudence
Confidentiality -- legislation & jurisprudence
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Health Policy
Intellectual Property
Ownership -- legislation & jurisprudence
intellectual property.
LAW -- Medical Law & Legislation.
Droit.
Sciences sociales.
Sciences humaines.
Medical policy
Intellectual property
Cross-cultural studies
Biobanks -- Law and legislation
Biobank.
Health.
Patents.
Technology.
Scientific research.
Data protection.
Privacy.
Intellectual property.
Comparative law.
Form Electronic book
Author Pascuzzi, Giovanni.
Izzo, Umberto.
Macilotti, Matteo
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