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Science 18 December 1998:
Vol. 282. no. 5397, pp. 2165 - 2166
DOI: 10.1126/science.282.5397.2165a
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BIOETHICS:
Panel Proposes Tighter Rules for Tissue Studies

Eliot Marshall

On 3 December, the president's National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC) issued a draft report (posted on the Web at www.bioethics.gov) arguing for tighter controls over research on stored samples of human blood and tissue to protect the donors' privacy. The report, which calls for samples to be encoded by a third party and specific consent for some types of studies, is likely to be controversial. NBAC has asked for public comment by 17 January, and it could vote on a final report early next year.

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