Issues Requiring Attention
Perceptions of Benefit to Others
Will the tissue be sold?
Will the repository or clinician make money from the
sale?
Will someone make money from the development of a
new treatment?
Belief that one persons tissue is critical to the
research. No understanding that the value of tissue is
in the use of many samples
In rare cases one individuals tissue may results in a
commercial product. How is that case handled?