Informed consent is based on basic ethical principles that should be considered when
conducting biomedical and behavioral research involving human subjects. These principles …

Genetic genealogy databases have become particularly attractive to law enforcement
agencies, especially in the United States (US), which have started to employ genealogists to …

As genetic and genomic studies grow in scale, there are ethical concerns related to the
collection and use of genetic information. The emergence of large public databases …

Neither the range of potential results from genomic research that might be returned to
participants nor future uses of stored data and biospecimens can be fully predicted at the …

Genetic research often utilizes or generates information that is potentially sensitive to
individuals, families, or communities. For these reasons, genetic research may warrant …

For as long as the federal regulations governing human subjects research have existed, the
practice of informed consent has been attacked as culturally biased, legalistic, ritualistic and …

Since the Second World War, leading documents have espoused voluntary consent as
essential to the morality of research involving human subjects. The Nuremberg Code thus …

DNA collection from family members of the missing is a tenet for missing persons' and mass
fatality investigations. Procedures for consenting family members are disparate, depending …

Susan M. Wolf, JD, is McKnight Presidential Professor of Law, Medicine & Public Policy;
Faegre Baker Daniels Professor of Law; Professor of Medicine; and Chair of the Consortium …

Genomic science and associated technologies are facilitating an unprecedented rate of
discovery of novel insights into the relationship between human genetic variation and …