For sale: the Framingham Heart Study

Article Abstract:

Topics discussed concern the ethical questions surrounding the decision by Framingham Genomics Medicine to sell data from a long-term, government-funded heart study. Issues discussed concern medical ethics, conflicts of interest, and the potential exclusivity of biomedical research.

Massachusetts, Analysis, Medical ethics, Cardiology

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Will research be restricted by new data privacy rules ... and more oversight?

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New rules guarantee patient control over how their medical records can be use, but may hamper medical research. The National Human Research Protection Advisory Committee will make recommendations about how research institutions practice medical ethics.

Laws, regulations and rules, Privacy, Right of, Right of privacy, Medical records, Access control

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Race for pandemic flu vaccine rife with hurdles

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The international health community needs a human vaccine for the bird flu pandemic that is sweeping a cluster of Asian countries. The race for a vaccine, which began in 1997, is faced with obstacles, but researchers are optimistic and feel that obstacles have been treated sensibly.

Science & research, Prevention, Immunization, Avian influenza

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