title: Harmonizing Global Biospecimen Consent Practices to Advance Translational Research: A Call to Action.
abstract: One of the many challenges of translational medicine is working with research participants to donate biospecimens through an ethical informed consent framework. The increasingly complex ethical and regulatory differences across jurisdictions translates into limitations on use and potential value of biological specimens and their associated data in clinical research. We introduce a call to action for more uniform global standards for collection of biological specimen informed consent data to enable greater advancements in medical research.
authors: Global Specimen Solutions, Inc, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
authors: A W
authors: AW
authors: Warner
authors: NIH, NCI Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research Branc, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Moore
authors: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Clinical Sample Strategy & Operation, Pennington, New Jersey, USA.
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Reinhard
authors: BioStorage Technologies, Inc, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
authors: L A
authors: LA
authors: Ball
authors: Center of Genomics and Policy, McGill Universit, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors: B M
authors: BM
authors: Knoppers
mesh_terms: D018070:Biological Specimen Banks / Q000941:ethics* / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000941:ethics* / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical