Collaborating with Commercial Tissue Repositories

Collaborating with Commercial Tissue Repositories: An ethics guide for IRBs, researchers and policymakers

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Research Ethics

Research ethics

What are research ethics?
How do regulatory and ethical issues differ?
Are the ethical issues in repository tissue collection the same as clinical trials?
Are there unique ethical issues when the repository is commercial?

This guide was funded through the generous support of the Greenwall Foundation (2002-2004)
© 2004 University of Southern Maine Bioethics Project
Last Revision: 27 Dec 2005