Biobanks and Tissue Research The Public, the Patient and the Regulation /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lenk, Christian (Editor), Sándor, Judit (Editor), Gordijn, Bert (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology, 8
• Subjects: Medicine.; Surgical transplantation.; Cell biology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Transplant Surgery.; Cell Biology.; Biomedicine general.

The research field of biobanks and tissue research is highly promising. Many projects around the globe are involved in the collection of human tissue and health data for research purposes. These initiatives are driven by the perspective of decisive breakthroughs in the knowledge of the genetic pathw...