Strengthen the establishment and training of ethics committees to promote sustainable development of biobanks
QIAN Kaiyu
ZHU Yuan
CAO Xinyue
XIAO Yu
Abstract：Biobanks have undergone dramatical development in China in recent years. Meanwhile, the hospital ethics committees in China are facing emerging challenges of the ethical issues on the biobanks, characterized by the particularity of the obtaining of informed consents, the protection of sample donors' privacy and the return of research results, etc. To better protect the benefits of sample donors and promote the sustainable development of biobanks, the establishment and training of the hospital ethics committees must be strengthened. Furthermore, the establishment of regional ethics committee might be an effective approach to overcome the challenges.
Keywords：Ethics committeeBiobankEthical review
Publication Date：2018-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 14-16,41 )