Scholar calls for a new legal, ethical framework for research with human tissue specimens

Monday, June 21, 2010 - 14:01 in Psychology & Sociology

A lawyer and researcher at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics says a new legal and ethical framework needs to be placed around the donation and banking of human biological material, one that would more clearly define the terms of the material's use - and address donor expectations before research begins.

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