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    Broad consent for biobank research in South Africa - Towards an enabling ethico-legal framework
    with Jillian Gardner and Safia Mahomed
    Global Bioethics 35 (1). 2024.
    Broad consent is permitted by the South African National Department of Health Ethics Guidelines but appears to be prohibited by section 13(1) of the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013. Additionally, the Act mandates that all personal data (including biobank sample data) be collected for lawful, explicit, and clearly defined purposes. There is possibility for ambiguity in interpretation because of this discrepancy between the two instruments. Given the association between the transf…Read more
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    Commodification of biomaterials and data when funding is contingent to transfer in biobank research (review)
    Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 24 (4): 667-675. 2021.
    It is common practice for biobanks and biobank researchers to seek funding from agencies that are independent of the biobank that often stipulate conditions requiring researchers to grant access and share biomaterials and data as part of the agreement, in particular, in international collaborative health research. As yet, to the author’s knowledge, there has been no study conducted to examine whether these conditions could result in the commercialization of biomaterials and data and whether such…Read more