Harmonizing policy on human genetic resources and benefit sharing

摘要

Failure to comprehensively define ‘biological resources’ in the debate regarding the international use of biologic materials is becoming an impediment to global scientific research and collaboration. The ongoing exclusion of human genetic resources (HGRs) from this debate does not reflect the realities of research in the twenty-first century, and the need for a unified regulatory policy governing the use of HGRs is becoming pressing.