China is expanding its control over the use of genetic data from people in the country, including for scientific research
The sharing of genetic resources — including biological samples, such as organs, tissues and blood, that yield DNA, and the data gleaned from sequencing them — is tightly controlled in China.. Researchers say this approach is making it harder for scientists there to collaborate with international peers.
The guidelines “paint a picture of increasing control”, says Jonathan Flint, a geneticist at the University of California, Los Angeles, who in 2015 published the results of a large collaboration analysing genetic data from people in China inGovernment officials say restrictions on the use of genetic data are designed to increase protection of this resource.
Xu says applying for permission from the MOST is complex and time-consuming. And it’s often unclear why permission is granted in some cases and not others. Last year, he published a study with US colleagues on the ancient origins of a gene found in Tibetan people, after being granted permission to share the data.
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