Research on Human Specimens- an online user-friendly brochure to help investigators understand how human subjects regulations (45CFR46) apply to their research.

The Report of the Royal Liverpool Children's Inquiry- investigates the removal and retention of human tissue and organs of deceased children without parental consent.

Interim Report: Removal and retention of human material- investigates pediatric cardiac service at the Bristol Royal Infirmary from 1984-1995. 

Moore v. Regents of the University of California- Raises questions regarding the ownership of tissues and tissue derived products, copyrights, and patents as well as addresses informed consent and the institutional review board in genetic research.

Research Involving Human Biological Materials: Ethical Issues and Policy Guidance-  Volume I: Report and Recommendations of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission.

Potential Effects on Medical Innovation and Health Care (January 2000)- includes current and potential biomaterials and their medical uses, including biological material.

Summary of a RAND Report- regarding current stores of biological materials in the country.

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Human Tissue Repository Guidelines (April 14, 2000)- dealing with operation and implementation principles such as use of tissue (limited research versus unlimited research uses), consent guidelines, tissue coding and oversight by IRB).

UK Department of Health, Clinical Ethics and Human Tissue (January 2002)- Outlines general principles including patient consent, implied consent, and use of existing stored tissue.

Ethical Aspects of Human Tissue Banking- Opinion of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies to the European Commission (July 1998).  An excellent overview of many germane ethical issues.