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ReviewNature genetics2025

Governance of cross-border genomic data sharing through a human rights approach.

Liang Yu, Ruohan Feng, Youhai Sun, Yaojin Peng

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Review in Nature genetics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Liang Yu *Law School, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0904-3512
Ruohan Feng *State Key Laboratory of Organ Regeneration and Reconstruction, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1785-6943
Youhai SunLaw School, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China. madiananhua@126.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2488-8123
Yaojin PengState Key Laboratory of Organ Regeneration and Reconstruction, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. yaojin.peng@ioz.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3909-6041

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cross-border genomic data sharing is crucial for advancing research progress, understanding of genetic diversity and international public health. However, this practice also leads to concerns regarding biosecurity, individual privacy and regulatory conflicts. Scientific communities often advocate data sovereignty approaches to address these challenges, yet related frameworks are often inadequate in their ability to address such challenges and have an overemphasis on national control and protectionism. They also may not fully consider the inherently transnational nature of genomic data and the need for a governance system that reflects the shared human heritage of the data and global interconnectivity. Instead, we propose here a human rights-based approach that surpasses territorial boundaries to promote shared responsibility and equitable research practices. A balanced governance framework that incorporates extraterritorial obligations and aligns data policy with human rights principles can safeguard individual privacy and biosecurity, encourage international collaboration and support ethically responsible genomic research.

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GenomicsHuman RightsInformation DisseminationInternational CooperationHumans

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