Abstract
A property analysis of the U.K. Biobank reveals a new imagination of the genomic biobank as a national common-pool resource. U.K. Biobank's treatment of property and governance exhibit both strengths and weaknesses that may be instructive to genome project planners around the world.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Aged
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Biological Specimen Banks / ethics
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Biological Specimen Banks / legislation & jurisprudence
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Biological Specimen Banks / organization & administration*
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Community-Institutional Relations*
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Databases, Genetic / ethics
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Databases, Genetic / legislation & jurisprudence*
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Genetic Research
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Genome, Human* / ethics
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Humans
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Middle Aged
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Models, Organizational
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Ownership / ethics
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Ownership / legislation & jurisprudence*
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Politics
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Tissue Donors / ethics
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Tissue Donors / legislation & jurisprudence*
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United Kingdom