Comparative Issues in the Governance of Research Biobanks

1. Introduction: A Law and Technology Approach to the Law of Biobanking
Umberto Izzo, Matteo Macilotti, Giovanni Pascuzzi

2. Research Biobanks Meet Synthetic Biology: Autonomy and Ownership
Stephen R. Munzer

3. Regulating Biobanks: Another Triple Bottom Line
Roger Brownsword

4. Health Insurance, Employment, and the Human Genome: Genetic Discrimination and Biobanks in the United States
Eric A. Feldman, Chelsea Darnell

5. Ownership of Biomedical Information in Biobanks
Naomi Hawkins, Nadja Kanellopoulou, Jane Kaye, Karen Melham, Paula Boddington, Liam Curren, Heather Gowans

6. Human Tissues in the “Public Space”: Beyond the Property/Privacy Dichotomy
Mariachiara Tallacchini

7. Should Privacy Be Abolished in Genetics and Biobanking?
Amedeo Santosuosso

8. Biobanks and Electronic Health Records: Open Issues
Paolo Guarda

9. Informed Consent and Research Biobanks: A Challenge in Three Dimensions
Matteo Macilotti

10. The Challenges of Achieving Open Source Sharing of Biobank Data
Donna M. Gitter

11. Beyond Open Source: Patents, Biobanks and Sharing
E. Richard Gold, Dianne Nicol

12. Opening Research Biobanks: An Overview
Roberto Caso, Rossana Ducato

13. The Roles of Material Transfer Agreements in Genetics Databases and Bio-Banks
Thomas Margoni

14. Quasi-Patents and Semi-Patents in Biobanking
Gideon Parchomovsky, Michael Mattioli

15. Accessing Accessions: Biobanks and Benefit-Sharing
Mark Perry

16. Conveying Information, Generating Trust: The Role of Certifications in Biobanking
Matteo Ferrari

17. Scientific and Managerial Premises and Unresolved Issues in Tumour Biobanking Activities
Mattia Barbareschi, Silvia Fasanella, Chiara Cantaloni, Silvia Giuliani

18. The Italian Prototype Networks of Research Biobanks
Giuliano D’Agnolo, Elena Bravo

19. Governance of Biobanks for Cancer Research: Proposal for a Material Transfer Agreement
Barbara Parodi, Paola Visconti, Tiziana Ruzzon, Mauro Truini

Avainsanat: Law, International IT and Media Law, Intellectual Property Law, Biomedicine general, Computational Biology/Bioinformatics, Medical Law