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Ethical and practical issues to consider in the governance of genomic and human research data and data sharing in South Africa: a meeting report

2019-05-22

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Genomic research and biobanking has undergone exponential growth in Africa and at the heart of this research is the sharing of biospecimens and associated clinical data amongst researchers in Africa and across the world. While this move towards open science is progressing, there has been a strengthening internationally of data protection regulations that seek to safeguard the rights of data subjects while promotin...

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Literature Corpus work: 09b37b88-1e15-516b-a047-0c85b7d6ad3c
DOI: 10.12688/aasopenres.12968.1

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