The ethics of sustainable genomic research in Africa

Genome Biol. 2016 Mar 8:17:44. doi: 10.1186/s13059-016-0914-3.

Authors

Michael Parker¹, Dominic P Kwiatkowski^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ The Ethox Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7LF, UK. Michael.parker@ethox.ox.ac.uk.
² The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7BN, UK. dominic@well.ox.ac.uk.
³ The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK. dominic@well.ox.ac.uk.

Abstract

Michael Parker and Dominic Kwiatkowski discuss important ethical considerations for sustainable genomics research in Africa.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Africa
Ethics, Research*
Genomics / ethics*
Humans

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