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Within and beyond the communal turn to informed consent in industry-sponsored pharmacogenetics research: merits and challenges of community advisory boards. J Community Genet 2016; 7:261-270. [PMID: 27492247 DOI: 10.1007/s12687-016-0274-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2016] [Accepted: 07/27/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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The one-size-fits-all paradigm of drug development fails to address inter-individual variability in drug response. Pharmacogenetics research aims at studying the role of genotypic differences in drug response. Recently, the pharmaceutical industry has shown interest to embed pharmacogenetics studies in the process of drug development. Nevertheless, population-based and commercial aspects of such future-oriented studies pose challenges for individually based informed consent (IC). As an exemplar of the communal turn to IC procedures, community advisory boards (CABs) have been integrated into different types of medical research. CABs hold the promise of organizing the relationship between participants and researchers in a more reciprocal and participatory way, offering possible means of overcoming the lapses of individualistic IC. However, the involvement of CABs with pharmacogenetics research might be rife with difficulties, uncertainties, and challenges. The current study first reviews the existing literature to discuss added values and challenges of relying on CABs as a supplement to individually based IC. Then, the particular moral and regulatory landscape of pharmacogenetics research will be delineated to argue that community engagement is both necessary and promising beyond the communal turn to IC processes. Three main features of the landscape include (1) new supportive stances that some regulatory bodies have adopted toward pharmacogenetics research, (2) the motivation of the industry to draw reception and trust from the subpopulations, and (3) the important role of the society in generating and embedding pharmacogenetics knowledge. Finally, some points to consider will be discussed to contextualize relying on CABs within this landscape.
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Birch K, Dove ES, Chiappetta M, Gürsoy UK. Biobanks in Oral Health: Promises and Implications of Post-Neoliberal Science and Innovation. OMICS : A JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY 2016; 20:36-41. [PMID: 26584410 PMCID: PMC4739123 DOI: 10.1089/omi.2015.0123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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While biobanks are established explicitly as scientific infrastructures, they are de facto political-economic ones too. Many biobanks, particularly population-based biobanks, are framed under the rubric of the bio-economy as national political-economic assets that benefit domestic business, while national populations are framed as a natural resource whose genomics, proteomics, and related biological material and national health data can be exploited. We outline how many biobanks epitomize this 'neoliberal' form of science and innovation in which research is driven by market priorities (e.g., profit, shareholder value) underpinned by state or government policies. As both scientific and political-economic infrastructures, biobanks end up entangled in an array of problems associated with market-driven science and innovation. These include: profit trumping other considerations; rentiership trumping entrepreneurship; and applied research trumping basic research. As a result, there has been a push behind new forms of 'post-neoliberal' science and innovation strategies based on principles of openness and collaboration, especially in relation to biobanks. The proliferation of biobanks and the putative transition in both scientific practice and political economy from neoliberalism to post-neoliberalism demands fresh social scientific analyses, particularly as biobanks become further established in fields such as oral health and personalized dentistry. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first analysis of biobanks with a view to what we can anticipate from biobanks and distributed post-genomics global science in the current era of oral health biomarkers.
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- Kean Birch
- Department of Social Science, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, Faculty of Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- J. Kenyon Mason Institute for Medicine, Life Sciences and the Law, University of Edinburgh School of Law, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Department of Science and Technology Studies, Faculty of Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Periodontology, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Finland
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Dove ES, Özdemir V. What Role for Law, Human Rights, and Bioethics in an Age of Big Data, Consortia Science, and Consortia Ethics? The Importance of Trustworthiness. LAWS 2015; 4:515-540. [PMID: 26345196 PMCID: PMC4558936 DOI: 10.3390/laws4030515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The global bioeconomy is generating new paradigm-shifting practices of knowledge co-production, such as collective innovation; large-scale, data-driven global consortia science (Big Science); and consortia ethics (Big Ethics). These bioeconomic and sociotechnical practices can be forces for progressive social change, but they can also raise predicaments at the interface of law, human rights, and bioethics. In this article, we examine one such double-edged practice: the growing, multivariate exploitation of Big Data in the health sector, particularly by the private sector. Commercial exploitation of health data for knowledge-based products is a key aspect of the bioeconomy and is also a topic of concern among publics around the world. It is exacerbated in the current age of globally interconnected consortia science and consortia ethics, which is characterized by accumulating epistemic proximity, diminished academic independence, "extreme centrism", and conflicted/competing interests among innovation actors. Extreme centrism is of particular importance as a new ideology emerging from consortia science and consortia ethics; this relates to invariably taking a middle-of-the-road populist stance, even in the event of human rights breaches, so as to sustain the populist support needed for consortia building and collective innovation. What role do law, human rights, and bioethics-separate and together-have to play in addressing these predicaments and opportunities in early 21st century science and society? One answer we propose is an intertwined ethico-legal normative construct, namely trustworthiness. By considering trustworthiness as a central pillar at the intersection of law, human rights, and bioethics, we enable others to trust us, which in turns allows different actors (both nonprofit and for-profit) to operate more justly in consortia science and ethics, as well as to access and responsibly use health data for public benefit.
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- Edward S. Dove
- J. Kenyon Mason Institute for Medicine, Life Sciences and the Law, School of Law, University of Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh EH8 9YL, UK
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- Faculty of Communications and Department of Industrial Engineering, Office of the President, International Technology and Innovation Policy, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep 27310, Turkey; or
- Amrita School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Amrita University), Amritapuri, Clappana P.O., Kollam, Kerala 690 525, India
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Dove ES, Barlas IÖ, Birch K, Boehme C, Borda-Rodriguez A, Byne WM, Chaverneff F, Coşkun Y, Dahl ML, Dereli T, Diwakar S, Elbeyli L, Endrenyi L, Eroğlu-Kesim B, Ferguson LR, Güngör K, Gürsoy U, Hekim N, Huzair F, Kaushik K, Kickbusch I, Kıroğlu O, Kolker E, Könönen E, Lin B, Llerena A, Malhan F, Nair B, Patrinos GP, Şardaş S, Sert Ö, Srivastava S, Steuten LMG, Toraman C, Vayena E, Wang W, Warnich L, Özdemir V. An Appeal to the Global Health Community for a Tripartite Innovation: An "Essential Diagnostics List," "Health in All Policies," and "See-Through 21(st) Century Science and Ethics". OMICS-A JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY 2015; 19:435-42. [PMID: 26161545 DOI: 10.1089/omi.2015.0075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Diagnostics spanning a wide range of new biotechnologies, including proteomics, metabolomics, and nanotechnology, are emerging as companion tests to innovative medicines. In this Opinion, we present the rationale for promulgating an "Essential Diagnostics List." Additionally, we explain the ways in which adopting a vision for "Health in All Policies" could link essential diagnostics with robust and timely societal outcomes such as sustainable development, human rights, gender parity, and alleviation of poverty. We do so in three ways. First, we propose the need for a new, "see through" taxonomy for knowledge-based innovation as we transition from the material industries (e.g., textiles, plastic, cement, glass) dominant in the 20(th) century to the anticipated knowledge industry of the 21st century. If knowledge is the currency of the present century, then it is sensible to adopt an approach that thoroughly examines scientific knowledge, starting with the production aims, methods, quality, distribution, access, and the ends it purports to serve. Second, we explain that this knowledge trajectory focus on innovation is crucial and applicable across all sectors, including public, private, or public-private partnerships, as it underscores the fact that scientific knowledge is a co-product of technology, human values, and social systems. By making the value systems embedded in scientific design and knowledge co-production transparent, we all stand to benefit from sustainable and transparent science. Third, we appeal to the global health community to consider the necessary qualities of good governance for 21st century organizations that will embark on developing essential diagnostics. These have importance not only for science and knowledge-based innovation, but also for the ways in which we can build open, healthy, and peaceful civil societies today and for future generations.
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- Edward S Dove
- 1 J. Kenyon Mason Institute for Medicine, Life Sciences and the Law, University of Edinburgh School of Law , Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- 2 Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biology and Genetics, Mersin University , Mersin, Turkey
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- 3 Department of Social Science, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, York University , Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- 4 Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) , Campus Biotech, Chemin des Mines, Geneva, Switzerland
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- 5 Secretaría Nacional de Educación Superior , Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación, Quito, Ecuador .,6 Development Policy and Practice Group, The Open University , Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
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- 7 Departments of Psychiatry, The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY and The James J. Peters VA Medical Center , Bronx, New York
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- 8 Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, NYU Langone Medical Center , New York, New York
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- 9 Office of the President, Gaziantep University , Gaziantep, Turkey
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- 10 Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute , Stockholm, Sweden
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- 11 Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Gaziantep University , Gaziantep, Turkey
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- 12 Amrita School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Amrita University) , Amritapuri, Clappana P.O., Kollam, Kerala, India
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- 13 Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep University , Gaziantep, Turkey
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- 14 Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto , Ontario, Canada
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- 16 Discipline of Nutrition, The University of Auckland , Auckland, New Zealand
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- 17 Faculty of Health Sciences, Gaziantep University , Gaziantep, Turkey
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- 18 Department of Periodontology, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku , Turku, Finland
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- 19 School of Medicine, Beykent University , Istanbul, Turkey
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- 20 Science, Technology and Innovation Studies, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh , Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- 22 Global Health Program, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies , Geneva, Switzerland
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- 23 Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Çukurova University , Adana, Turkey
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- 24 Bioinformatics and High-Throughput Analysis Laboratory, Seattle Children's Research Institute and CDO Analytics , Seattle Children's, Seattle, Washington.,25 Departments of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education and Pediatrics, and University of Washington , Seattle, Washington.,26 Data-Enabled Life Sciences Alliance (DELSA Global) , Seattle, Washington.,27 Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, College of Science, Northeastern University , Boston, Massachusetts
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- 18 Department of Periodontology, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku , Turku, Finland
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- 28 Department of Urology, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington.,29 Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou, China
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- 30 Extremadura University Hospital and Medical School , Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
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- 31 Istanbul Design Foundation , Istanbul, Turkey
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- 12 Amrita School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Amrita University) , Amritapuri, Clappana P.O., Kollam, Kerala, India
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- 32 Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras School of Health Sciences , Patras, Greece
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- 33 Faculty of Pharmacy, Marmara University , Istanbul, Turkey
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- 34 Urban Studies Center and the Department of History, Hacettepe University , Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey
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- 35 Proteomics Laboratory, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay , Powai, Mumbai, India
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- 36 PANAXEA bv , Enschede, The Netherlands .,37 School of Pharmacy, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington
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- 38 Faculty of Communications and Department of Management Sciences, Gaziantep University , Gaziantep, Turkey
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- 39 Institute of Biomedical Ethics, University of Zurich , Zurich, Switzerland
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- 40 School of Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University , Perth, Australia .,41 Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University , Beijing, China
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- 42 Faculty of Science, Stellenbosch University , Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- 9 Office of the President, Gaziantep University , Gaziantep, Turkey .,11 Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Gaziantep University , Gaziantep, Turkey .,12 Amrita School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Amrita University) , Amritapuri, Clappana P.O., Kollam, Kerala, India .,26 Data-Enabled Life Sciences Alliance (DELSA Global) , Seattle, Washington.,38 Faculty of Communications and Department of Management Sciences, Gaziantep University , Gaziantep, Turkey
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Özdemir V. New Biology and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2016–2030: Values Steering the OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology Editorial Flight Deck. OMICS-A JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY 2015; 19:369-71. [DOI: 10.1089/omi.2015.0066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- Vural Özdemir
- Faculty of Communications and the Department of Industrial Engineering, Office of the President, International Technology and Innovation Policy, Gaziantep University, Üniversite Bulvarı, Şehitkamil, Gaziantep, Turkey
- School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Amrita University), Amritapuri Campus, Kollam, Kerala, India
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Özdemir V, Faris J, Srivastava S. Crowdfunding 2.0: the next-generation philanthropy: a new approach for philanthropists and citizens to co-fund disruptive innovation in global health. EMBO Rep 2015; 16:267-71. [PMID: 25656538 DOI: 10.15252/embr.201439548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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- Vural Özdemir
- Faculty of Communications & International Technology and Innovation Policy Office of the President Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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- Edward S Dove
- Centre of Genomics and Policy, Department of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Potamias G, Lakiotaki K, Katsila T, Lee MTM, Topouzis S, Cooper DN, Patrinos GP. Deciphering next-generation pharmacogenomics: an information technology perspective. Open Biol 2014; 4:140071. [PMID: 25030607 PMCID: PMC4118603 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.140071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2014] [Accepted: 06/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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In the post-genomic era, the rapid evolution of high-throughput genotyping technologies and the increased pace of production of genetic research data are continually prompting the development of appropriate informatics tools, systems and databases as we attempt to cope with the flood of incoming genetic information. Alongside new technologies that serve to enhance data connectivity, emerging information systems should contribute to the creation of a powerful knowledge environment for genotype-to-phenotype information in the context of translational medicine. In the area of pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine, it has become evident that database applications providing important information on the occurrence and consequences of gene variants involved in pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, drug efficacy and drug toxicity will become an integral tool for researchers and medical practitioners alike. At the same time, two fundamental issues are inextricably linked to current developments, namely data sharing and data protection. Here, we discuss high-throughput and next-generation sequencing technology and its impact on pharmacogenomics research. In addition, we present advances and challenges in the field of pharmacogenomics information systems which have in turn triggered the development of an integrated electronic 'pharmacogenomics assistant'. The system is designed to provide personalized drug recommendations based on linked genotype-to-phenotype pharmacogenomics data, as well as to support biomedical researchers in the identification of pharmacogenomics-related gene variants. The provisioned services are tuned in the framework of a single-access pharmacogenomics portal.
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- George Potamias
- Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Crete, Greece
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- Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Crete, Greece
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, University of Patras, University Campus, Rion, Patras, Greece
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- Laboratory for International Alliance on Genomic Medicine, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, University of Patras, University Campus, Rion, Patras, Greece
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, University of Patras, University Campus, Rion, Patras, Greece
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Flipse SM, De Winde JH, Osseweijer P, van der Sanden MCA. The wicked problem of socially responsible innovation. EMBO Rep 2014; 15:464. [PMID: 24795461 PMCID: PMC4210102 DOI: 10.1002/embr.201438757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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- Steven M Flipse
- Delft University of Technology, Science Education & CommunicationDelft, The Netherlands
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- Delft University of Technology, Science Education & CommunicationDelft, The Netherlands
- BE-BasicDelft, The Netherlands
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Mishra A, Bubela T. Legal agreements and the governance of research commons: lessons from materials sharing in mouse genomics. OMICS : A JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY 2014; 18:254-73. [PMID: 24552652 PMCID: PMC3976585 DOI: 10.1089/omi.2013.0158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Omics research infrastructure such as databases and bio-repositories requires effective governance to support pre-competitive research. Governance includes the use of legal agreements, such as Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs). We analyze the use of such agreements in the mouse research commons, including by two large-scale resource development projects: the International Knockout Mouse Consortium (IKMC) and International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium (IMPC). We combine an analysis of legal agreements and semi-structured interviews with 87 members of the mouse model research community to examine legal agreements in four contexts: (1) between researchers; (2) deposit into repositories; (3) distribution by repositories; and (4) exchanges between repositories, especially those that are consortium members of the IKMC and IMPC. We conclude that legal agreements for the deposit and distribution of research reagents should be kept as simple and standard as possible, especially when minimal enforcement capacity and resources exist. Simple and standardized legal agreements reduce transactional bottlenecks and facilitate the creation of a vibrant and sustainable research commons, supported by repositories and databases.
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- Amrita Mishra
- School of Public Health, University of Alberta , Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Dove ES, Ozdemir V. All the post-genomic world is a stage: the actors and narrators required for translating pharmacogenomics into public health. Per Med 2013; 10:213-216. [PMID: 24795761 DOI: 10.2217/pme.13.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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- Edward S Dove
- Centre of Genomics and Policy, Department of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada ; Columbia Law School - LL.M. Program, New York, NY, USA
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- Centre of Genomics and Policy, Department of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada ; Data-Enabled Life Sciences Alliance International (DELSA Global), Seattle, WA, USA
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Özdemir V, Badr KF, Dove ES, Endrenyi L, Geraci CJ, Hotez PJ, Milius D, Neves-Pereira M, Pang T, Rotimi CN, Sabra R, Sarkissian CN, Srivastava S, Tims H, Zgheib NK, Kickbusch I. Crowd-funded micro-grants for genomics and "big data": an actionable idea connecting small (artisan) science, infrastructure science, and citizen philanthropy. OMICS : A JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY 2013; 17:161-72. [PMID: 23574338 PMCID: PMC4702427 DOI: 10.1089/omi.2013.0034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Biomedical science in the 21(st) century is embedded in, and draws from, a digital commons and "Big Data" created by high-throughput Omics technologies such as genomics. Classic Edisonian metaphors of science and scientists (i.e., "the lone genius" or other narrow definitions of expertise) are ill equipped to harness the vast promises of the 21(st) century digital commons. Moreover, in medicine and life sciences, experts often under-appreciate the important contributions made by citizen scholars and lead users of innovations to design innovative products and co-create new knowledge. We believe there are a large number of users waiting to be mobilized so as to engage with Big Data as citizen scientists-only if some funding were available. Yet many of these scholars may not meet the meta-criteria used to judge expertise, such as a track record in obtaining large research grants or a traditional academic curriculum vitae. This innovation research article describes a novel idea and action framework: micro-grants, each worth $1000, for genomics and Big Data. Though a relatively small amount at first glance, this far exceeds the annual income of the "bottom one billion"-the 1.4 billion people living below the extreme poverty level defined by the World Bank ($1.25/day). We describe two types of micro-grants. Type 1 micro-grants can be awarded through established funding agencies and philanthropies that create micro-granting programs to fund a broad and highly diverse array of small artisan labs and citizen scholars to connect genomics and Big Data with new models of discovery such as open user innovation. Type 2 micro-grants can be funded by existing or new science observatories and citizen think tanks through crowd-funding mechanisms described herein. Type 2 micro-grants would also facilitate global health diplomacy by co-creating crowd-funded micro-granting programs across nation-states in regions facing political and financial instability, while sharing similar disease burdens, therapeutics, and diagnostic needs. We report the creation of ten Type 2 micro-grants for citizen science and artisan labs to be administered by the nonprofit Data-Enabled Life Sciences Alliance International (DELSA Global, Seattle). Our hope is that these micro-grants will spur novel forms of disruptive innovation and genomics translation by artisan scientists and citizen scholars alike. We conclude with a neglected voice from the global health frontlines, the American University of Iraq in Sulaimani, and suggest that many similar global regions are now poised for micro-grant enabled collective innovation to harness the 21(st) century digital commons.
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- Vural Özdemir
- Data-Enabled Life Sciences Alliance International (DELSA Global), Seattle, WA, USA.
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Ozdemir V, Borda-Rodriguez A, Dove ES, Ferguson LR, Huzair F, Manolopoulos VG, Masellis M, Milius D, Warnich L, Srivastava S. Public Health Pharmacogenomics and the Design Principles for Global Public Goods - Moving Genomics to Responsible Innovation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 11:1-4. [PMID: 23531886 DOI: 10.2174/1875692111311010001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Vural Ozdemir
- Research Group on Complex Collaboration, Faculty of Management, McGill University ; Centre of Genomics and Policy, Department of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada ; Data-Enabled Life Sciences Alliance International (DELSA Global), Seattle, WA, USA
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Higdon R, Haynes W, Stanberry L, Stewart E, Yandl G, Howard C, Broomall W, Kolker N, Kolker E. Unraveling the Complexities of Life Sciences Data. BIG DATA 2013; 1:42-50. [PMID: 27447037 DOI: 10.1089/big.2012.1505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The life sciences have entered into the realm of big data and data-enabled science, where data can either empower or overwhelm. These data bring the challenges of the 5 Vs of big data: volume, veracity, velocity, variety, and value. Both independently and through our involvement with DELSA Global (Data-Enabled Life Sciences Alliance, DELSAglobal.org), the Kolker Lab ( kolkerlab.org ) is creating partnerships that identify data challenges and solve community needs. We specialize in solutions to complex biological data challenges, as exemplified by the community resource of MOPED (Model Organism Protein Expression Database, MOPED.proteinspire.org ) and the analysis pipeline of SPIRE (Systematic Protein Investigative Research Environment, PROTEINSPIRE.org ). Our collaborative work extends into the computationally intensive tasks of analysis and visualization of millions of protein sequences through innovative implementations of sequence alignment algorithms and creation of the Protein Sequence Universe tool (PSU). Pushing into the future together with our collaborators, our lab is pursuing integration of multi-omics data and exploration of biological pathways, as well as assigning function to proteins and porting solutions to the cloud. Big data have come to the life sciences; discovering the knowledge in the data will bring breakthroughs and benefits.
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- Roger Higdon
- 1 Bioinformatics and High-throughput Analysis Laboratory, Seattle Children's Research Institute , Seattle, Washington
- 2 High-throughput Analysis Core, Center for Developmental Therapeutics, Seattle Children's Research Institute , Seattle, Washington
- 3 Predictive Analytics, Seattle Children's , Seattle, Washington
- 4 Data-Enabled Life Sciences Alliance (DELSA Global) , Seattle, Washington
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- 1 Bioinformatics and High-throughput Analysis Laboratory, Seattle Children's Research Institute , Seattle, Washington
- 2 High-throughput Analysis Core, Center for Developmental Therapeutics, Seattle Children's Research Institute , Seattle, Washington
- 3 Predictive Analytics, Seattle Children's , Seattle, Washington
- 4 Data-Enabled Life Sciences Alliance (DELSA Global) , Seattle, Washington
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- 1 Bioinformatics and High-throughput Analysis Laboratory, Seattle Children's Research Institute , Seattle, Washington
- 2 High-throughput Analysis Core, Center for Developmental Therapeutics, Seattle Children's Research Institute , Seattle, Washington
- 3 Predictive Analytics, Seattle Children's , Seattle, Washington
- 4 Data-Enabled Life Sciences Alliance (DELSA Global) , Seattle, Washington
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- 1 Bioinformatics and High-throughput Analysis Laboratory, Seattle Children's Research Institute , Seattle, Washington
- 4 Data-Enabled Life Sciences Alliance (DELSA Global) , Seattle, Washington
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- 1 Bioinformatics and High-throughput Analysis Laboratory, Seattle Children's Research Institute , Seattle, Washington
- 2 High-throughput Analysis Core, Center for Developmental Therapeutics, Seattle Children's Research Institute , Seattle, Washington
- 4 Data-Enabled Life Sciences Alliance (DELSA Global) , Seattle, Washington
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- 4 Data-Enabled Life Sciences Alliance (DELSA Global) , Seattle, Washington
- 5 Center for Developmental Therapeutics, Seattle Children's Research Institute , Seattle, Washington
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- 2 High-throughput Analysis Core, Center for Developmental Therapeutics, Seattle Children's Research Institute , Seattle, Washington
- 3 Predictive Analytics, Seattle Children's , Seattle, Washington
- 4 Data-Enabled Life Sciences Alliance (DELSA Global) , Seattle, Washington
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- 2 High-throughput Analysis Core, Center for Developmental Therapeutics, Seattle Children's Research Institute , Seattle, Washington
- 3 Predictive Analytics, Seattle Children's , Seattle, Washington
- 4 Data-Enabled Life Sciences Alliance (DELSA Global) , Seattle, Washington
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- 1 Bioinformatics and High-throughput Analysis Laboratory, Seattle Children's Research Institute , Seattle, Washington
- 2 High-throughput Analysis Core, Center for Developmental Therapeutics, Seattle Children's Research Institute , Seattle, Washington
- 3 Predictive Analytics, Seattle Children's , Seattle, Washington
- 4 Data-Enabled Life Sciences Alliance (DELSA Global) , Seattle, Washington
- 6 Departments of Biomedical Informatics & Medical Education and Pediatrics, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington
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