Genetics Research in Human Populations
Definitions and Key Concepts
1. Genetic Determinism - Best Definition: - ️ Genes are primarily responsible for human traits, including health, behavior, and disease.
Usage of Biospecimens
2. Biospecimens and Research Focus - Investigator A's Researc...
Genetics Research in Human Populations
Definitions and Key Concepts
1. Genetic Determinism
- Best Definition:
- ✔️ Genes are primarily responsible for human traits, including health, behavior, and disease.
Usage of Biospecimens
2. Biospecimens and Research Focus
- Investigator A's Research:
- Conducts research on emphysema with human subjects' biospecimens.
- Consent indicates a focus exclusively on emphysema.
- Investigator B's Research:
- Wishes to use those biospecimens for lung cancer research.
- Can Investigator B use the specimens without re-consent if they are de-identified?
- ✔️ Yes, if the biospecimens are de-identified, then the research is no longer considered human
subjects research.
Re-Contacting Participants
3. Conditions for Re-Contacting Individuals:
- When is it appropriate?
- ✔️ Original signed consent documents include provisions for re-contacting subjects.
NIH Genetic Research Guidelines (as of January 2015)
4. Informed Consent in NIH-Funded Genetic Research:
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