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ReviewJournal of genetic counseling2010

Biobanks: importance, implications and opportunities for genetic counselors.

Alice K Hawkins

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Review in Journal of genetic counseling, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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  5. Biobanks-A Platform for Scientific and Biomedical Research.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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  6. Sustainability in Biobanking.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2019
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  8. Review
  9. The Precision Medicine Nation.The Hastings Center report · 2017
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  10. Returning Results: Let's Be Honest!Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers · 2017
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  19. Biobanking: The Melding of Research with Clinical Care.Current genetic medicine reports · 2013
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Alice K HawkinsDepartment of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. alicehaw@interchange.ubc.ca

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biobanks are collections of human biological tissue specimens and related health data. Biobank research hopes to provide novel insights into the genetic component of disease, ultimately leading to a more personalized approach to healthcare. However, biobanks have sparked debate due to the ethical, legal, and social implications surrounding utilization of population samples and data. These controversies include issues of consent, privacy and confidentiality, return of results and data-sharing. This paper provides an overview of the different types and scope of biobanks and an examination of the most pertinent ethical, legal and social considerations surrounding such research, as well as how some of these concerns are being addressed. The paper finishes with a discussion of the relevance of biobanks to the genetic counseling field and concludes that genetic counselors are in a position to make a unique, educated and practical contribution to the ongoing dialogue and direction of biobank research.

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Genetic CounselingTissue BanksEthicsHumansWorkforce

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