What recommendations do the NCI Best Practices include regarding access to biospecimens?
To best serve the needs of the research community, the NCI Best Practices emphasizes the establishment of guidelines by biospecimen resources for sample distribution and clinical data sharing consistent with ethical principles, governing statutes and regulations, and-if applicable-informed consent language. Recommendations specify the applicability, scope, and content of such guidelines and stress the need for transparency. A set of general principles to guide access decisions are also provided, including scientific merit and timely, equitable, and appropriate access to biospecimens without undue administrative burden.
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