Comparative Issues in the Governance of Research Biobanks - Property, Privacy, Intellectual Property, and the Role of Technology (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)

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 research interests and the set of principles that should be at the core of the biobanking practice. Lastly, the IP issues and the patentability of biological samples as well as the protection of databases storing genetic information obtained from the samples are covered. Collecting eighteen essays written by eminent scholars from Italy, the US, the UK and Canada, this book provides new solutions to these problems. From a comparative viewpoint, it explores the extent to which digital technology may assist in tackling the numerous regulatory issues raised by the practice of biobanking for research purposes. These issues may be considered and analyzed under the traditional paradigms of Property, Privacy, Informed Consent and Intellectual Property.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Release date:	February 2013
First published:	2013
Editors:	Giovanni Pascuzzi • Umberto Izzo • Matteo Macilotti
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	339
Edition:	2013 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-33115-2
Categories:	Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Social law > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical equipment & techniques > Medical research Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > General
LSN:	3-642-33115-7
Barcode:	9783642331152

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