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Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:1439-1440.

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AS THE THIRD MILLENNIUM BEGINS, decoding of the human genome presents exciting prospects for the prevention, diagnosis, and, ultimately, treatment of human diseases. Like all powerful new technologies, the prospects of molecular biology bear a striking resemblance to a double-edged sword. One edge comprises immeasurable potential benefit to humankind, the other holds potential for great harm if promising technologies are abused or used in ways that subvert other important interests.

A good example of the dual prospects of new technologies appears in a study by Wendler and Emanuel¹ in this issue of the ARCHIVES, which attempts to clarify the preferences of research subjects regarding consent for research on stored biological samples as an aid to developing research policy. The authors describe the debate on when consent by individual subjects should be required for research on stored biological samples. They attempt to answer a variety of questions. For example, do subjects . . . [Full Text of this Article]

IS CONSENT NEEDED FOR FUTURE RESEARCH?


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