Biobanks are a challenge and topic for governance. Today, biobanks are identified as a
biomedical scientific/infrastructural development that warrants a political/legal/ethical …

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 …

Biobank governance is about the regulation of the relationship between individual citizens,
society and biobanks. Its key agenda is to link society, citizens and biobanks with respect to …

Biobanks are increasingly hailed as powerful tools to advance health research. The social
and ethical challenges associated with the implementation and operation of biobanks are …

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 …

Biobanks have been heralded as essential tools for translating biomedical research into
practice, driving precision medicine to improve pathways for global healthcare treatment and …

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 …

This article poses the question of whether biobanking practices and standards are giving
rise to the construction of populations from which various biobanking initiatives increasingly …

Rapid technological advances, the establishment of large-scale biobanks, and the
exchange of data across international boundaries raise a variety of questions for regulators …

The biobanking literature frequently addresses donor and societal issues surrounding
biobanking, but the biobanker's perspective is rarely highlighted. While not comprehensive …