Biobanks act as the custodians for the access to and responsible use of human biological
samples and related data that have been generously donated by individuals to serve the …

Biobanks have become one of the core resources for biomedical research. At the same time,
a number of risks associated with processing and storing of biological material and …

Although big-data research has met with multiple controversies in diverse fields, political
and security implications of big data in life sciences have received less attention. This paper …

For more than two decades, in the era of post-genomics and personalized precision
medicine, biobanks for biomedical research have successfully fostered the development of …

Biobanks are promising instruments of biomedical research and are increasingly considered
as essential tools for translational medicine in particular. However, there is concern that the …

Biobanks have evolved, and their governance procedures have undergone important
transformations. Our paper examines this issue by focusing on the perspective of the …

The term “biobanking” is often misapplied to any collection of human biological materials
(biospecimens) regardless of requirements related to ethical and legal issues or the …

This study is the result of an interdisciplinary research collaboration and coproduction
between scholars from eight different countries (Denmark, Iceland, France, Norway …

This perspective article provides an overview on selected legal aspects of biobanking. It
discusses these issues with a focus on public biobanks in a university setting and the …

Despite the benefits biobanks are expected to bring, there have recently been concerns
raised that the public and private non-profit biobanks still prevailing in Europe often fail to …