00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000004702 10221/MKRI-P/XI-2008 20221012030037 0010-0520004702 221012################|##########|#eng## 9780415427388 eng 174.957 174.957 BIO Biobanks Biobanks: Governance in Comparative Perspective / Gottweis, Herbert; Petersen, Alan New York : Thomson, 2008 234 : xi, 234p.;illus. ; 24 cm. Indeks : p.231-234 In recent years, a number of large population-based biobanks ? genetic databases that combine genetic information derived from blood samples with personal data about environment, medical history, lifestyle or genealogy ? have been set up in order to study the interface between disease and genetic and environmental factors. Unsurprisingly, these studies have sparked a good deal of controversy and the ethical and social implications have been widely debated. This book explores: - the interrelated conditions needed for a biobank to be created and to exist. - the rise of the new bio-economy. - the redefinition of citizenship accompanying national biobank developments. Human Genetics-Databases-Moral and Ethical Aspect-Cross-Cultural Studies. Biobanks-Government Policy-Cross-Cultural Studies. 10221/MKRI-P/XI-2008