Consent requirements for research with human tissue: Swiss ethics committee members disagree

Abstract Background In Switzerland, research with identifiable human tissue samples, and/or its accompanying data, must be approved by a research ethics committee (REC) before it can be allowed to take place. However, as the demand for such tissue has rapidly increased in recent years, and biobanks...

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Main Authors: Flora Colledge, Sophie De Massougnes, Bernice Elger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:BMC Medical Ethics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12910-018-0331-0