Human genetic biobanks in Asia : politics of trust and scientific advancement - Sleeboom-Faulkner, Margaret, 1961- (London : Routledge, 2009)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Human gene libraries -- Asia; Biobanks -- Asia; Human genetics -- Government policy -- Asia; Biological Specimen Banks -- ethics -- Asia; Biological Specimen Banks -- legislation & jurisprudence -- Asia; Cultural Characteristics -- Asia; Databases, Nucleic Acid -- ethics -- Asia; Databases, Nucleic Acid -- legislation & jurisprudence -- Asia; Socioeconomic Factors -- Asia