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Borry P, van Hellemondt RE, Sprumont D, Jales CFD, Rial-Sebbag E, Spranger TM, Curren L, Kaye J, Nys H, Howard H. Legislation on direct-to-consumer genetic testing in seven European countries. Eur J Hum Genet 2012; 20:715-21. [PMID: 22274578 PMCID: PMC3376265 DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2011.278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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An increasing number of private companies are now offering direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing services. Although a lot of attention has been devoted to the regulatory framework of DTC genetic testing services in the USA, only limited information about the regulatory framework in Europe is available. We will report on the situation with regard to the national legislation on DTC genetic testing in seven European countries (Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Portugal, France, Germany, the United Kingdom). The paper will address whether these countries have legislation that specifically address the issue of DTC genetic testing or have relevant laws that is pertinent to the regulatory control of these services in their countries. The findings show that France, Germany, Portugal and Switzerland have specific legislation that defines that genetic tests can only be carried out by a medical doctor after the provision of sufficient information concerning the nature, meaning and consequences of the genetic test and after the consent of the person concerned. In the Netherlands, some DTC genetic tests could fall under legislation that provides the Minister the right to refuse to provide a license to operate if a test is scientifically unsound, not in accordance with the professional medical practice standards or if the expected benefit is not in balance with the (potential) health risks. Belgium and the United Kingdom allow the provision of DTC genetic tests.
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Whitley EA, Kanellopoulou N, Kaye J. Consent and research governance in biobanks: evidence from focus groups with medical researchers. Public Health Genomics 2012; 15:232-42. [PMID: 22722687 DOI: 10.1159/000336544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Much is known about patient attitudes to ethical and legal questions in the context of biobanking, particularly regarding privacy protection and consent. However, little is known about the attitudes of medical researchers who use biobanks for research to these issues. Four focus groups with medical researchers in the UK were conducted in 2010-2011. The study highlights a range of issues associated with the research oversight and consent process (including obtaining ethical approval to use biobank samples and particular concerns for international studies), the benefits and limitations of broad consent and the possibilities of revoking consent. Many of these issues originate in the relatively static consent processes that currently govern the biobanking process. However, it is now possible to develop reliable, dynamic processes using information technology that can resolve many of these ethical and legal concerns. The 'dynamic consent' approach therefore offers the opportunity to fundamentally transform the process of medical research in a manner that addresses the concerns of both patients and medical researchers.
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Bowman G, Quinn J, Kaye J, Shannon J. OA02.03. Nutrient biomarker patterns and rates of cognitive decline in dementia-free elders. BMC COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2012. [PMCID: PMC3373662 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-s1-o7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Kaye J, Meslin EM, Knoppers BM, Juengst ET, Deschênes M, Cambon-Thomsen A, Chalmers D, De Vries J, Edwards K, Hoppe N, Kent A, Adebamowo C, Marshall P, Kato K. Research priorities. ELSI 2.0 for genomics and society. Science 2012; 336:673-4. [PMID: 22582247 PMCID: PMC4151290 DOI: 10.1126/science.1218015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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We need an international infrastructure for the ethical, legal and social implications of genomic research.
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Erten-Lyons D, Woltjer R, Dodge H, Silbert L, Kramer P, Kaye J. Neuropathological Basis of Age-Associated Brain Atrophy (P05.053). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.p05.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Hayardeny Nisimov L, Birnberg T, Raymond E, Fine T, Kaye J. Laquinimod Add on Effect on Glatiramer Acetate as Well as INFb Treatments (P04.142). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.p04.142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Silbert L, Dodge H, Perkins L, Lahna D, Kaye J. Acceleration of White Matter Hyperintensity Burden Preceding Onset of Mild Cognitive Impairment (S24.006). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.s24.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Peterson A, Breitner J, Kaye J, Bowman G, Baker L, Clemons A, Montine T, Quinn J. Plasma Vitamin D, Cognitive Function, and Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers in Subjects at Risk of Alzheimer's Disease (P02.064). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.p02.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Bowman G, Dodge H, Silbert L, Shinto L, Kaye J, Quinn J. Plasma n-3 PUFAs, Cognitive Decline, and White Matter Mediation (P02.058). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.p02.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Lerner A, Rosati A, Kaye J, Smyth S, Woyczynski W. Dynamics of Semantic Recall in Younger and Older Adults (P02.049). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.p02.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Silbert L, Perkins L, Lahna D, Kaye J. The Effects of Corpus Callosum and Cortical Connectivity on Motor Function in Cognitively Intact Elderly (P03.093). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.p03.093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Annweiler C, Montero-Odasso M, Bartha R, Beauchet O, Bowman GL, Silbert L, Dodge H, Quinn J, Kaye J. Nutrient Biomarker Patterns, Cognitive Function, and Mri Measures of Brain Aging. Neurology 2012; 78:1281; author reply 1281-2. [DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000414241.41860.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Murtagh M, Thorisson G, Wallace S, Kaye J, Demir I, Fortier I, Harris J, Cox D, Deschênes M, Laflamme P, Ferretti V, Sheehan N, Hudson T, Thomsen AC, Stolk R, Knoppers B, Brookes A, Burton P. Navigating the perfect [data] storm. NORSK EPIDEMIOLOGI 2012. [DOI: 10.5324/nje.v21i2.1495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Bioscience has recently undergone a series of knowledge-based and technological revolutions. A critical consequence has been increasing recognition of the need to invest in infrastructure. Good access to data (and samples) from multiple studies is axiomatic to the value of this infrastructure. Access must be streamlined, secure, and based upon transparent and ‘fair’ decision making. It must be clear who has created and who has used which data. Ethico-legal policies and guidelines, which reflect dominant local cultural and societal norms, must take account of the increasingly global nature of bioscience research. A robust data infrastructure must also be attentive to the translational aims and social impact of its knowledge generation. In order to maintain the trust of its constituency – the general public as well as professional, political, commercial stakeholders – it must develop mechanisms to take account of all of these perspectives. These considerations form the basis of an emerging data economy. Building on extant achievements and pursuing the ideas outlined here could revolutionise the way we use and manage large-scale data. They have critical implications for biomedical and public health research communities and will be of central relevance for healthcare managers and policy makers, governments and industry. However, if the major challenges are to be met we must continue to invest,both nationally and internationally, in developing the cooperative infrastructures that provide a complementary foil to competitive resourcing mechanisms that drive hypothesis-driven science.
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Many governments are seeking to improve the translation of medical research innovation by developing mechanisms to aid the flow of information between the laboratory and the clinic. The intention is that the combination of new research insights and the use of next generation sequencing technology in the clinic will lead to more and better personalised medicine outcomes. However, existing healthcare structures often maintain the sharp line between research and the clinic, which slows down the bidirectional flow of information that is needed to enable effective translation. At the same time, within the biobanking field, infrastructures are being built to enable more efficient and better quality research. As with translational research, there are a number of challenges for these biobanking initiatives. Questions remain as to the best way to utilise biobanks for translational research. Other challenges are how to ensure the sustainability of individual biobanks and the biobank infrastructures that are being developed. Sustainability requires public support for long-term funding, as well as the on-going commitment of patients and research participants to provide the raw material for biobanks and regular use by researchers. One possible solution to the challenges that are found in these two areas is to embed a biobank within the healthcare structure and to use it for healthcare and research purposes simultaneously. This paper discusses the CuraRata and the EnCoRe dynamic consent models that in combination could provide sustainability for biobanks and at the same time enable translational research.
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Budin-Ljøsne I, Harris JR, Kaye J, Knoppers BM, Tassé AM. ELSI challenges and strategies of national biobank infrastructures. NORSK EPIDEMIOLOGI 2012. [DOI: 10.5324/nje.v21i2.1487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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National biobank infrastructures are now being implemented in several European countries. Individually, biobanks are invaluable as national research resources; collectively, they are the critical elements needed for the actualization of the pan-European biobank infrastructure. The national biobank infrastructures are confronted with a number of challenges of legal, ethical, political, societal, financial and educational nature which must be articulated and addressed in order to optimize the use of the biobanks in national and international research. The community of researchers involved with these biobanks has charted the most pressing issues experienced by the national biobanks in their nascent stages of development. Our findings reveal great commonalities in the nature of the challenges that the national hubs are facing. These challen ges and the strategies developed to address them are described in this paper
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Kaye J, Curren L, Anderson N, Edwards K, Fullerton SM, Kanellopoulou N, Lund D, MacArthur DG, Mascalzoni D, Shepherd J, Taylor PL, Terry SF, Winter SF. From patients to partners: participant-centric initiatives in biomedical research. Nat Rev Genet 2012; 13:371-6. [PMID: 22473380 PMCID: PMC3806497 DOI: 10.1038/nrg3218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Advances in computing technology and bioinformatics mean that medical research is increasingly characterized by large international consortia of researchers that are reliant on large data sets and biobanks. These trends raise a number of challenges for obtaining consent, protecting participant privacy concerns and maintaining public trust. Participant-centred initiatives (PCIs) use social media technologies to address these immediate concerns, but they also provide the basis for long-term interactive partnerships. Here, we give an overview of this rapidly moving field by providing an analysis of the different PCI approaches, as well as the benefits and challenges of implementing PCIs.
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Lee C, Hristov A, Dell C, Feyereisen G, Kaye J, Beegle D. Effect of dietary protein concentration on ammonia and greenhouse gas emitting potential of dairy manure. J Dairy Sci 2012; 95:1930-41. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-4141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2010] [Accepted: 12/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Kaye J. The tension between data sharing and the protection of privacy in genomics research. Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet 2012; 13:415-31. [PMID: 22404490 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genom-082410-101454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Next-generation sequencing and global data sharing challenge many of the governance mechanisms currently in place to protect the privacy of research participants. These challenges will make it more difficult to guarantee anonymity for participants, provide information to satisfy the requirements of informed consent, and ensure complete withdrawal from research when requested. To move forward, we need to improve the current governance systems for research so that they are responsive to individual privacy concerns but can also be effective at a global level. We need to develop a system of e-governance that can complement existing governance systems but that places greater reliance on the use of technology to ensure compliance with ethical and legal requirements. These new governance structures must be able to address the concerns of research participants while at the same time ensuring effective data sharing that promotes public trust in genomics research.
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Boddington P, Curren L, Kaye J, Kanellopoulou N, Melham K, Gowans H, Hawkins N. Consent forms in genomics: the difference between law and practice. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH LAW 2011; 18:491-519. [PMID: 22128519 DOI: 10.1163/157180911x598744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Consent forms are the principal method for obtaining informed consent from biomedical research participants. The significance of these forms is increasing as more secondary research is undertaken on existing research samples and information, and samples are deposited in biobanks accessible to many researchers. We reviewed a selection of consent forms used in European Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) and identified four common elements that were found in every consent form. Our analysis showed that only two of the four most commonly found elements in our sample of informed consent forms were required in UK law. This raises questions about what should be put in informed consent forms for research participants. These findings could be beneficial for the formulation of participant information and consent documentation in the future studies.
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Sherrill B, Akhras K, Kaye J, Sandin R, Cappelleri J, Heyes A, Chen C. 3607 POSTER Review of Meta-analyses Evaluating Surrogate Endpoints for Overall Survival (OS) in Oncology. Eur J Cancer 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(11)71204-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Knoppers BM, Harris JR, Burton PR, Murtagh M, Cox D, Deschênes M, Fortier I, Hudson TJ, Kaye J, Lindpaintner K. From genomic databases to translation: a call to action. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS 2011; 37:515-516. [PMID: 21617164 DOI: 10.1136/jme.2011.043042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The rapid rise of international collaborative science has enabled access to genomic data. In this article, it is argued that to move beyond mapping genomic variation to understanding its role in complex disease aetiology and treatment will require extending data sharing for the purposes of clinical research translation and implementation.
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Knoppers BM, Harris JR, Tassé AM, Budin-Ljøsne I, Kaye J, Deschênes M, Zawati MH. Towards a data sharing Code of Conduct for international genomic research. Genome Med 2011; 3:46. [PMID: 21787442 PMCID: PMC3221544 DOI: 10.1186/gm262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Data sharing is increasingly regarded as an ethical and scientific imperative that advances knowledge and thereby respects the contributions of the participants. Because of this and the ever-increasing amount of data access requests currently filed around the world, three groups have decided to develop data sharing principles specific to the context of collaborative international genomics research. These groups are: the international Public Population Project in Genomics (P3G), an international consortium of projects partaking in large-scale genetic epidemiological studies and biobanks; the European Network for Genetic and Genomic Epidemiology (ENGAGE), a research project aiming to translate data from large-scale epidemiological research initiatives into relevant clinical information; and the Centre for Health, Law and Emerging Technologies (HeLEX). We propose seven different principles and a preliminary international data sharing Code of Conduct for ongoing discussion.
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O'Doherty KC, Burgess MM, Edwards K, Gallagher RP, Hawkins AK, Kaye J, McCaffrey V, Winickoff DE. From consent to institutions: designing adaptive governance for genomic biobanks. Soc Sci Med 2011; 73:367-74. [PMID: 21726926 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.05.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2010] [Revised: 05/23/2011] [Accepted: 05/31/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Biobanks are increasingly hailed as powerful tools to advance health research. The social and ethical challenges associated with the implementation and operation of biobanks are equally well-documented. One of the proposed solutions to these challenges involves trading off a reduction in the specificity of informed consent protocols with an increased emphasis on governance. However, little work has gone into formulating what such governance might look like. In this paper, we suggest four general principles that should inform biobank governance and illustrate the enactment of these principles in a proposed governance model for a particular population-scale biobank, the British Columbia (BC) Generations Project. We begin by outlining four principles that we see as necessary for informing sustainable and effective governance of biobanks: (1) recognition of research participants and publics as a collective body, (2) trustworthiness, (3) adaptive management, and (4) fit between the nature of a particular biobank and the specific structural elements of governance adopted. Using the BC Generations Project as a case study, we then offer as a working model for further discussion the outlines of a proposed governance structure enacting these principles. Ultimately, our goal is to design an adaptive governance approach that can protect participant interests as well as promote effective translational health sciences.
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Gage H, Kaye J, Kimber A, Storey L, Egan M, Qiao Y, Trend P. Correlates of constipation in people with Parkinson's. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2010; 17:106-11. [PMID: 21130017 DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2010.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2010] [Revised: 10/31/2010] [Accepted: 11/01/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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PURPOSE To investigate clinical, demographic and dietary factors associated with constipation in a sample of community dwelling people with Parkinson's disease, recruited through a specialist outpatient clinic. Partners/carers provided a convenience control group. SCOPE Participants completed a baseline questionnaire (background information, diet and exercise, activities of daily living: mobility and manual dexterity, health-related quality of life (SF-12), stool frequency and characteristics, extent of concern due to constipation, laxative taking), and a four-week stool diary. The Rome criterion was used to determine constipation status. Multiple regression methods were used to explore the correlates of constipation. Baseline data were provided by 121 people with Parkinson's, (54 controls), of whom 73% (25%) met the Rome criterion. Prospective diary data from 106 people with Parkinson's (43 controls) showed lower proportions: 35% (7%) meeting the Rome criterion. Among all study subjects, i.e. Parkinson's patients and controls taken together, the presence of constipation is predicted by having Parkinson's disease (p = .003; odds ratio 4.80, 95% CI 1.64-14.04) and mobility score (p = .04; odds ratio 1.15, 95% CI 1.01-1.31), but not by dietary factors. Amongst people with Parkinson's constipation is predicted by number of medications (p = .027). Laxative taking masks constipation, and is significantly associated with wearing protection against bowel incontinence (p = .009; odds ratio 4.80, 95% CI: 1.48-15.52). CONCLUSIONS Constipation is disease-related, not a lifestyle factor. More research is needed on optimal management and laxative use.
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Curren L, Boddington P, Gowans H, Hawkins N, Kanellopoulou N, Kaye J, Melham K. Identifiability, genomics and U.K. data protection law. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH LAW 2010; 17:329-344. [PMID: 20873514 DOI: 10.1163/157180910x516943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Analyses of individuals' genomes--their entire DNA sequence--have increased knowledge about the links between genetics and disease. Anticipated advances in 'next generation' DNA-sequencing techniques will see the routine research use of whole genomes, rather than distinct parts, within the next few years. The scientific benefits of genomic research are, however, accompanied by legal and ethical concerns. Despite the assumption that genetic research data can and will be rendered anonymous, participants' identities can sometimes be elucidated, which could cause data protection legislation to apply. We undertake a timely reappraisal of these laws--particularly new penalties--and identifiability in genomic research.
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