Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, and Division of Infectious Disease and HIV Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
Trends Genet. 2020 Dec;36(12):895-896. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2020.07.010. Epub 2020 Aug 14.
Data sharing is a valuable aspect of science and required by most funding bodies and journals. However, the national regulatory guidelines of many African nations do not explicitly allow for broad genetic data sharing. Given these restrictions, there is a need to reconsider these policies and propose creative solutions.
数据共享是科学的一个重要方面,也是大多数资助机构和期刊所要求的。然而,许多非洲国家的国家监管指南并没有明确允许广泛的遗传数据共享。鉴于这些限制,有必要重新考虑这些政策并提出创造性的解决方案。