Biobanks are promising instruments of biomedical research and of transnational medicine in
particular. Ethical legal and social issues associated with biobanking however have recently
led to a more critical view on this concept. All efforts addressing these concerns have been
grounded on well-established standards of biomedical ethics such as informed consent procedures
protection of individual autonomy benefit sharing etc. By additionally highlighting the widely
neglected aspect of trust this book aims at broadening the horizon of the ELSI-debate and thus
filling a gap in current research on biobanking. The contributions of leading experts and
junior researchers cover a wide field of disciplines relevant for biobanking including law
ethics medicine public health social sciences philosophy and theology.
