Genomic cloud computing: Legal and ethical points to consider

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1271-1278

  Dove, Edward S ^a   Joly, Yann ^a   Tassé, Anne Marie ^b   Knoppers, Bartha Maria ^c   Brookes, Anthony J ^c   Burton, Paul ^c   Chisholm, Rex ^c   Fortier, Isabel ^c   Goodwin, Pat ^c   Harris, Jennifer ^c   Hveem, Kristian ^c   Kaye, Jane ^c   Kent, Alistair ^c   Lindpaintner, Klaus ^c   Little, Julian ^c   Riegman, Peter ^c   Ripatti, Samuli ^c   Stolk, Ronald ^c   Bobrow, Martin ^c   Cambon Thomsen, Anne ^c   Dressler, Lynn ^c   Kato, Kazuto ^c   Rodriguez, Laura Lyman ^c   McPherson, Treasa ^c   Nicolás, Pilar ^c   Ouellette, Francis ^c   Romeo Casabona, Carlos ^c   Sarin, Rajiv ^c   Wallace, Susan ^c   Wiesner, Georgia ^c   Wilson, Julia ^c   Zeps, Nikolajs ^c   Simkevitz, Howard ^c   De Rienzo, Assunta ^c   more..

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA MINING; GENOMIC CLOUD COMPUTING; GENOMICS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLOUD COMPUTING; INTERNET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; SOFTWARE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLOUD COMPUTING; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA MINING; GENOMICS; HUMANS; INTERNET; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84944155137     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2014.196     Document Type: Article

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