September 7, 2007
NIH Releases Rules on Genetic Database
The National Institutes of Health last week announced the final version of a policy governing a powerful, central repository of human genetic data that the agency will establish for the study of diseases.
Among other provisions, the policy will give scientists who contribute data to the repository exclusive rights for up to 12 months to publish scholarly analyses based on the data.
In other respects, the final policy, published in the Federal Register, is similar to a draft
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