Ethical and Legal Requirements of Transnational Genetic R...
Kollek, Regine / Arning, Marian / Kruegel, Tina / Petersen, Imme, PhD / Forgo, Prof. Dr Nikolaus (University of Hannover, Germany)
With the advancement of molecular technologies, genetic research has made enormous progress over the last decade. To facilitate genetic research, the collection, integration and exploitation of data are prerequisite. Genetic data, however, providing information not only about the person herself but also about her family, parentage and ethnic decent, are regarded as both the most valuable and vulnerable data, worthy of protection by all and any...