Ethical compliance is ensured through: use of samples with appropriate informed consent for data sharing (consent must not restrict commercial entity use), anonymized sample identifiers with prohibition on re-identification, adherence to institutional ethics committees and national regulations, and careful review of clinical data that might identify individuals. Sample Providers are required to obtain ethics approval for use of their samples for this project unless sharing with commercial entities was provided for in the consents of their original projects. Explicit mention of the project should be made in prospective consent forms.
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