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On 18-20 May 2009 the GeneBanc-Project organised the international conference New Challenges for Bioethics. Ethics, Law and Governance. The book of abstracts can be consulted here. 

Genetic bio and dataBanking: Confidentiality and protection of data. Towards a European harmonisation and policy.

The last few years have witnessed an important expansion of collection and processing of human biological samples and of the related information data. Biobanks are huge repositories of human biological specimens and have a strategic importance for genetic research, clinical care and future treatments. Genebanc is a Specific Targeted Research Project (STREP) funded by the European Commission in the Sixth Framework Programme. This research project aims to investigate the ethical, legal and social issues of three types of biobanks: classical banking, population banking and forensic DNA databases.

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