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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2006 98(17):1174-1175; doi:10.1093/jnci/djj380
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Tissue Banks Trigger Worry About Ownership Issues

Charlie Schmidt

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Tissues have what a new generation of researchers need to fight cancer: molecular clues to disease origins and a wealth of potential targets for new drugs. But some National Cancer Institute leaders consider a potential shortage of human tissues the single greatest barrier to cancer research.

Now, with high-throughput, robotic systems analyzing tissue samples by the thousands, shortages have become even more acute. Tissue banks, also known as biorepositories, are emerging to meet growing demands, but their contents have become mired in a troublesome controversy over who really owns the samples that patients donate for research. Universities, patient advocates, and researchers are all asking if tissue banks should assume exclusive control over donated samples, or should patients retain property rights over their tissues—and the ability to determine who gets to use them and how?

As it stands now, tissue banks appear to have de facto ownership over sample inventories and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Re: Tissue Banks Trigger Worry About Ownership Issues
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