Article
dbGaP data access requests: a call for greater transparency.
Science translational medicine - 14 Dec 2011
Walker Lorelei, Starks Helene, West Kathleen M, Fullerton Stephanie M
Abstract excerpt
The scientific and public health benefits of mandatory data-sharing mechanisms must be actively demonstrated. To this end, we manually reviewed 2724 data access requests approved between June 2007 and August 2010 through the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information database of genotypes and phenotypes (dbGaP). Our analysis demonstrates that dbGaP enables a wide range of secondary research by...
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