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Informed Consent and Biobanks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Ellen Wright Clayton
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Biomedical research has always relied on access to human biological materials and clinical information, resources that when combined form biobanks. In the past, it appears that investigators sometimes used these resources with relatively little oversight, and without the consent of the individuals from whom these materials and information were obtained. Several developments in the last ten to fifteen years have converged to place greater emphasis on the role of individual consent in the creation and use of biobanks. The most important by far is the power of information technology, which has transformed our lives in almost every domain. In the research setting, it is now easy to abstract information from electronic medical records. Computers make it possible to analyze enormous datasets and have contributed in essential ways to the dramatic increases in our understanding of genomics and other areas of biomedical science.

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , Spring 2005 , pp. 15 - 21
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2005

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