Two new projects launched for unit 4 - Ethical and Legal Issues unit

GeneBanC project (Genetic bio and databanking: confidentiality and protection of data)

STREP (specific targeted research or innovation project, FP6-Science and Society)
Project Co-ordinator: Kris Dierickx Unit 4

Foreseen start: October 2006
Time: 36 months
This research project aims to investigate the ethical, legal and social issues of three types of biobanks: classical banking, population banking and forensic DNA databases. The first objective of the research project is to study the issue of privacy and confidentiality. The second objective is to investigate the existing regulatory framework of biobanks across the EU. The third objective is to investigate the ethical and policy issues related to forensic databases. The fourth objective is to investigate governance aspects of biobanks

FWO project

Promotors: K. Dierickx and JJ Cassiman

Time: 4 years: 2007-2010
Title: Ethical and social challenges for genetic data and biobanks. A fundamental examination of the concepts of confidentiality, informed consent, ownership and benefit sharing in the international context with the classic biobanks in Belgium as a case study