The extent of consensus (or the lack thereof) among experts in emerging fields of innovation
can serve as antecedents of scientific, societal, investor and stakeholder synergy or conflict. …

Context Biobanks are important resources which enable large-scale genomic research with
human samples and data, raising significant ethical concerns about how participants’ …

Background Canadian policies regarding the implementation and public coverage of non-invasive
prenatal testing (NIPT) are heterogeneous and shifting, with NIPT being publicly …

Background Increasing attention and efforts are being put towards engaging patients in health
research, and some have even argued that patient engagement in research (PER) is an …

Objective This study sought to assess Canadian pregnant women's and their partners’
preferences for information about non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT). Methods Pregnant women …

Access to clean water is a grand challenge in the 21 st century. Water safety testing for
pathogens currently depends on surrogate measures such as fecal indicator bacteria (eg, E. coli). …

Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) using cell-free DNA (cfDNA) offers numerous benefits
to pregnant women and their families. It also raises ethical, legal and social concerns …

Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is an exciting technology with the potential to provide a
variety of clinical benefits, including a reduction in miscarriages, via a decline in invasive …

Background Noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) provides important benefits yet raises
ethical concerns. We surveyed Canadian pregnant women and their partners to explore their …

Women’s reproductive autonomy, and its translation into informed free choice regarding
prenatal screening, is a dominant concept in the bioethical discourse concerning prenatal …