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Chunk #59 — PART II. CORE QUESTIONS — E. Should the Biobank Itself Have Responsibilities for Managing Return?

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Managing incidental findings and research results in genomic research involving biobanks and archived data sets.
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Finally, biobanks would need appropriate staffing or consultants, facilities, and funding to perform functions associated with deciding whether to return IFs and IRRs, and (if so) analyzing them and managing the return process. Staffing or consultant needs may include access to clinicians who are expert in analyzing the relevant findings.1 Facilities’ needs may include access to a CLIA-certified lab or labs to generate results appropriate for return.86 We elaborate below on all of these implications for biobanks.