Good biobank governance implies—at a minimum—transparency and accountability and
the implementation of oversight mechanisms. While the biobanking community is in general …

Background Biobank research faces many ethical challenges. Ethics research aims to
develop standards for governance to meet these challenges by elaborating overarching …

Biobanks are controversial due to their ethical, legal, and social implications. Recent
discussion has highlighted a central role for governance in helping to address these …

The progress in genomic research has led to increased sampling and storage of biological
samples in biobanks. Most biobanks are located in high-income countries, but the …

The great interest in biobanks, the related, substantial investments, and the expectations
connected with them raises the question of how to explain the relative successes and …

The inspiration and impetus for this special issue on ''Biobanking''came after over a decade
of real world experience by the editors in the funding, building, and roll-out of biobanks …

Although a few jurisdictions around the world have legislated in response to the
phenomenon of biobanking, the far more common response has been policy led with …

Biobanks are proliferating rapidly worldwide because they are powerful tools and
organisational structures for undertaking medical research. By linking samples to data on …

Population genomics research drawing on genetic databases has expanded rapidly, with
some of this information being combined in'biobanks'. Managing this information in an …

Although biobanks are vital for modern medical research, serious concerns have been
raised about the legal basis and framework of such endeavours. This led the German …