Equitable Science Requires Collegial Debate

Nicki Tiffin; Jon Ambler

doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.09.009

Equitable Science Requires Collegial Debate

Trends Biotechnol. 2021 Feb;39(2):112. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.09.009. Epub 2020 Nov 19.

Authors

Nicki Tiffin¹, Jon Ambler²

Affiliations

¹ University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. Electronic address: Nicki.Tiffin@uct.ac.za.
² University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

PMID: 33223231
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.09.009

Abstract

We welcome an ongoing debate about benefit-sharing related to the use of digital sequence information (DSI) and how to ensure global equity in the use of biological samples, including those donated by human beings.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Humans
Information Dissemination*