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Researchers and universities fear that new American ethics rules will hinder biomedical research based on the remaining tissue, blood and urine samples of patients. The changes proposed last fall by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), affect the so-called common rule that protects human research subjects. A key provision would give those on anonymous-biological samples stripped of identifying information such as the patient's name and address, the same ethical status as a living person. As a result, doctors offices would ask patients to obtain written consent for wider use of their samples in future research anonymised. Some groups and patient advocacy bioethicists welcome the new rule, saying it is necessary to protect the privacy and rights of patients. But research institutions warned last week that the changes would create a logistical nightmare and costly asked HHS reconsider.
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