ArticleClinical epigenetics2015
Risk of re-identification of epigenetic methylation data: a more nuanced response is needed.
Article in Clinical epigenetics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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10 citing papers in PubMed.
- Black community member perceptions and ethics recommendations on epigenomic research.Clinical epigenetics · 2025Article
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- Ethical implications of epigenetics in the era of personalized medicine.Clinical epigenetics · 2022Review
- Privacy considerations for sharing genomics data.EXCLI journal · 2021Review
- Rights, interests and expectations: Indigenous perspectives on unrestricted access to genomic data.Nature reviews. Genetics · 2020Review
- Epigenetics, ethics, law and society: A multidisciplinary review of descriptive, instrumental, dialectical and reflexive analyses.Social studies of science · 2019Review
- Points-to-consider on the return of results in epigenetic research.Genome medicine · 2019Review
- Epigenetics Changes Nothing: What a New Scientific Field Does and Does Not Mean for Ethics and Social Justice.Public health ethics · 2018Article
- From stem cells to the law courts: DNA methylation, the forensic epigenome and the possibility of a biosocial archive.International journal of epidemiology · 2015Article
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Abstract
In this letter to the editor, we respond to the recent publication by Philibert et al. Methylation array data can simultaneously identify individuals and convey protected health information: an unrecognized ethical concern (Clinical Epigenetics 2014, 6:28). Further discussion of the issues raised by the risk of re-identification of epigenetic methylation data is needed, and a more nuanced approach should be taken with respect to its implications for data sharing policy than the one provided.
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