The Stored Tissue Issue: Biomedical Research, Ethics, and Law in the Era of Genomic Medicine

PART 1: FROM UNQUESTIONED TRADITIONAL PRACTICES TO A CONTROVERSY ABOUT RESEARCH, RIGHTS AND REWARDS 1. Unprecedented cases, debatable changes and new challenges 2. Concerns about some common research practices 3. The controversy over stored tissues, research practices and informed consent 4. Molecular genetics: tissue samples in the laboratory PART 2: CURRENT LAWS, POLICIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS 5. Recommendations and polices in other countries 6. The federal regulations for human tissue research: summary and assessment 7. The larger legal framework for human tissue research: Moore and beyond 8. The NBAC report: recommendations and limitations PART 3: ETHICAL, PROFESSIONAL AND LEGAL IMPLICATIONS 9. Updating informed consent in the era of genomic medicine 10. Beyond informed consent: other ethical issues and concerns 11. An agenda for the near future