Ethical issues in human genomics research in developing countries

BACKGROUND: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) provide a powerful means of identifying genetic variants that play a role in common diseases. Such studies present important ethical challenges. An increasing number of GWAS is taking place in lower income countries and there is a pressing need to i...

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Main Authors: de Vries, Jantina, Bull, Susan J, Doumbo, Ogobara, Ibrahim, Muntaser, Mercereau-Puijalon, Odile, Kwiatkowski, Dominic, Parker, Michael
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3076260/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21418562
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6939-12-5
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