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The value of consent for biobanking

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Biobanks facilitate large-scale tests of hypotheses that may advance health, but whether biobanking participants adequately comprehend the potential uses of their data should concern researchers and the public. Consent matters because it provides a singular safeguard and a participatory mechanism to influence science’s production of new forms of power.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Elizabeth Bromley

  2. RAND Corporation, Pardee RAND Graduate School, Santa Monica, CA, USA

    Dmitry Khodyakov

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Bromley, E., Khodyakov, D. The value of consent for biobanking. Nat Hum Behav 5, 1125–1126 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01163-z

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