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Child DNA donors should have their say

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Bioethicists argue for stricter rules at genetic repositories.

Biobanks should revamp how they handle DNA from healthy children, says an international team of bioethics experts. Children whose parents have signed them up for long-term studies should not have their genetic data distributed or made public until the donors consent at an older age, says the team, which publishes its recommendations today in Science1.

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  1. Gurwitz, D., Fortier, I., Lunshof, J. E. & Knoppers, B. M. Science 325, 818-819 (2009).

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  2. Goldenberg, A. J., Hull, S. C., Botkin, J. R. & Wilfond, B. S. J. Pediatr. advance online publication doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.04.034 (2009).

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  1. Elie Dolgin
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Dolgin, E. Child DNA donors should have their say. Nature (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2009.819

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