Human Genetic Biobanks in Asia: Politics of trust and scientific advancement

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ISBN: 9780710313416 | 0710313411
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 12/29/2008

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This volume investigates human genetic biobanking and its regulation in various countries in Asia, including Japan, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China, Hong Kong, India and Indonesia.

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List of Illustrations	p. vii
List of contributors	p. viii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Human genetic biobanking in Asia: Issues of trust, wealth and ambition	p. 3
Biobanking in welfare societies	p. 25
Public trust, commercialisation, and benefit sharing: Towards a trustworthy biobank in Taiwan	p. 27
Biobanks in Japan: Ethics, guidelines and practice	p. 40
Trust and the creation of biobanks: Biobanking in Japan and the UK	p. 66
Should we invest in biobanking in Hong Kong? Using biobanking for dyslexic studies in Hong Kong as an example	p. 92
Biobanking and problems of inequality	p. 115
Human genetic sampling in Indonesia: The interplay between biosocieties and non-biosocieties	p. 117
India's preparedness in tackling biopiracy and biobanking: Still miles to go	p. 142
The Indian genomic biobank initiative and emerging bioethical issues: A community-based perspective	p. 151
Within borders: Risks and the development of biobanking in China	p. 168
Bioethical regulation and human genetic databases in Mainland China: A national survey among scientists and regulators on consent issues and benefit-sharing	p. 189
Index	p. 203
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