The Harvard case of Xu Xiping: Exploitation of the people, scientific advance, or genetic theft?

New Genetics and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-78

  Sleeboom, Margaret ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHINA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHICS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PHARMACOGENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENCE; TERRORISM;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HARVARD UNIVERSITY;

BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHINA; DATABASES, GENETIC; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DNA; DRUG INDUSTRY; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUGENICS; GENETIC RESEARCH; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONALITY; MINORITY GROUPS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); NEWSPAPERS; PHARMACOGENETICS; POLITICS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RESEARCH SUPPORT; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; VARIATION (GENETICS); VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WESTERN WORLD;

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EID: 17444387441     PISSN: 14636778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14636770500037776     Document Type: Review

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