Biobanks are proliferating rapidly worldwide because they are powerful tools and organisational structures for undertaking medical research. By linking samples

Population genomics research drawing on genetic databases has expanded rapidly, with some of this information being combined in 'biobanks'. Managing this inform

This groundbreaking book makes it clear that biobanks are a phenomenon that cannot be disconnected from considerations of power, politics and the reshaping of c

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