Sweden sets ethical standards for use of genetic ‘biobanks’

Alison Abbott

Nature, 1999, vol. 400, issue 6739, 3-3

Abstract: munich/stockholm The Swedish Medical Research Council has published Europe's fullest set of ethical guidelines on the use and control of biobanks. The move follows the founding of a private gene-broking company UmanGenomics, which has exclusive commercial rights to generate and sell genetic information from blood samples stored in unique 15-year old population-based medical bank.

Date: 1999
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