Biobanking, an emerging field supported by academia, industry and health administrators alike, is distinctly different today from the practice that once defined

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An anthropological study based on ethnographic work in Israel and Qatar explores the relationship between science, particularly genetics, and national identity.

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Genetic Databases offers a timely analysis of the underlying tensions, contradictions and limitations of the current regulatory frameworks for, and policy debat