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Governing Biobanks: Understanding the Interplay Between Law and Practice

by Jane Kaye
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781841139050
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 380
  • Original Price: GBP 110.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: UK
  • Item Weight: 590 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice, Medical Law & Legislation, and Ethics

Biobanks are proliferating rapidly worldwide because they are powerful tools and organisational structures for undertaking medical research. By linking samples to data on the health of individuals, it is anticipated that biobanks will be used to explore the relationship between genes, environment and lifestyle for many diseases, as well as the potential of individually-tailored drug treatments based on genetic predisposition. However, they also raise considerable challenges for existing legal frameworks and research governance structures. This book critically examines the current governance structures in place for biobanks in England and Wales. It shows that the technologies, techniques and practices involved in biobanking do not always conform neatly to existing legal principles and frameworks that apply to other areas of medical research. Using a socio-legal approach, including interview data gathered from the scientific community, this book provides unique insights and makes recommendations about appropriate governance mechanisms for biobanking in the future. It also explores the issues around the secondary use of information, such as consent and how to protect privacy, when biobanks are accessed by a number of different third parties. These issues have relevance both within England and Wales and to a wide international audience, as well as for other areas where large datasets are used.

Jane Kaye is Director of the Centre for Health, Law and Emerging Technologies, University of Oxford.
Susan MC Gibbons is Senior Research Associate in Law, Ethox Centre, University of Oxford.
Catherine Heeney is a JAE.Doc within the Instituto de Filosofía, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid and a Research Associate of Ethox Centre, University of Oxford.
Michael Parker is Professor of Bioethics and Director of the Ethox Centre, University of Oxford.
Andrew Smart is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Bath Spa University.

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