What are the legal implications of depositing genetic data in public research databases?

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Matthew P. Dube

Here is the information from the United States that I could turn up:

https://www.genome.gov/27561246/privacy-in-genomics/

There are some recent articles about this topic in some contexts:

Wright, G. E., Koornhof, P. G., Adeyemo, A. A., & Tiffin, N. (2013). Ethical and legal implications of whole genome and whole exome sequencing in African populations. BMC medical ethics, 14(1), 21.

Evans, B. J., Burke, W., & Jarvik, G. P. (2015). The FDA and genomic tests—getting regulation right. New England Journal of Medicine, 372(23), 2258-2264.

Vojin Rakic

Thank you, Matthew. I will take a look at it.