title: [First steps for the regulation of biobanks in Brazil: Resolution 441/2011 of the National Council of Health].
abstract: In its two hundred and twenty-first ordinary meeting, held on 11 and 12 May 2011, the Brazilian Health Board approved the Resolution 441. The objective of such was to cover the legal vacuum existing in Brazil with regard to storing and using human biological material for research purposes. This article analyses said resolution.
authors.affiliation: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Minas Gerais.
authors.forename: Maria de Fátima
authors.initials: Mde F
authors.lastname: Freire de Sá
authors.forename: Diogo Luna
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Moureira
mesh_terms: D018070:Biological Specimen Banks / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D001938:Brazil; D006801:Humans