The ethics of research on stored biological samples: outcomes of a Workshop.
Research is often conducted using laboratory samples and data. The ethical issues that arise in a study involving residual samples are considerably different from those arising in a prospective study. Some of these ethical issues concern the risks to confidentiality, individual autonomy, trust in and credibility of the researcher or the research, commercialisation and even the nomenclature involved.
Division of Molecular Medicine, Health and Humanities Division, St John's Research Institute, Bangalore 560 034, India,. manjulikavaz@sjri.res.in.
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Department of Pathology, St John's Research Institute, Bangalore 560 034, India,. tssridhar@sjri.res.in.
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Columbia Asia Referral Hospital, Malleswaram, Bangalore 560055, India,. sanjayapai@gmail.com.
Sanjay A
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D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000941:ethics*; D003132:Commerce; D003219:Confidentiality; D032984:Ethics, Research; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D028701:Patient Rights; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014021:Tissue Preservation / Q000941:ethics*; D035502:Trust