Challenging a Well Established Consent Norm?: One Time Consent for Biobank Research

Abstract

AbstractLarge-scale biobanks of human biological materials linked to medical records are emerging as critical tools in research to tease out the complex interactions between genes and the environment and in ongoing development of diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of human disease. The evidence for this promise is found in the rush to establish these repositories by countries (Australia, UK, Sweden, Estonia, and Singapore), research organizations (NCI biobanks), and patient care groups.