Human genetic biobanks in Asia :  politics of trust and scientific advancement / 
edited by Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner. 
 - London :  Routledge,  2009. 
 - vi, 211 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - Routledge contemporary Asia series ;  12 .
 - Routledge contemporary Asia series ;  12. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Human genetic biobanking in Asia : issues of trust, wealth and ambition / Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner -- Public trust, commercialisation, and benefit sharing : towards a trustworthy biobank in Taiwan / Hung-En Liu and Terence Hua Tai -- Biobanks in Japan : ethics, guidelines and practice / Gerard Porter -- Trust and the creation of biobanks : biobanking in Japan and the UK / Tohru Masui -- Should we invest in biobanking in Hong Kong? Using biobanking for dyslexic studies in Hong Kong as an example / Mary Miu Yee Waye and Connie Ho -- Human genetic sampling in Indonesia : the interplay between biosocieties and non-biosocieties / Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner -- India's preparedness in tackling biopiracy and biobanking : still miles to go / Nandini K. Kumar -- The Indian genomic biobank initiative and emerging bioethical issues : a community-based perspective / Prasanna Kumar Patra and Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner -- Within borders : risks and the development of biobanking in China / Wen-Ching Sung -- Bioethical regulation and human genetic databases in mainland China : a national survey among scientists and regulators on consent issues and benefit-sharing / Xinqing Zhang. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780710313416 (hardback)  RM475.76 0710313411 (hardback) 9780203884607 (ebk.) 0203884604 (ebk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Human gene libraries--Asia.<br/>Biobanks--Asia.<br/>Human genetics--Government policy--Asia.<br/>Biological Specimen Banks--ethics--Asia.<br/>Biological Specimen Banks--legislation & jurisprudence--Asia.<br/>Cultural Characteristics--Asia.<br/>Databases, Nucleic Acid--ethics--Asia.<br/>Databases, Nucleic Acid--legislation & jurisprudence--Asia.<br/>Socioeconomic Factors--Asia.