Risk of re-identification of epigenetic methylation data: a more nuanced response is needed

Clinical Epigenetics

Tomi Pastinen¹  Mark A Rothstein³  Warren A Cheung¹  Stephanie OM Dyke²  Yann Joly² 

[1] McGill Epigenome Mapping Centre, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre, 740 Dr. Penfield Avenue, Montreal H3A 0G1, Quebec, Canada;McGill Epigenome Mapping Centre, Centre of Genomics and Policy, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, 740 Dr. Penfield Avenue, Montreal H3A 0G1, Quebec, Canada;Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy and Law, University of Louisville School of Medicine, 501 East Broadway, Suite #310, Louisville 40292, KY, USA

关键词: Policy;    Epigenome;    Data sharing;    Privacy;   

Others  :  1210209
DOI  :  10.1186/s13148-015-0079-z

 received in 2015-01-19, accepted in 2015-04-06,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

In this letter to the editor, we respond to the recent publication by Philibert et al. Methylation array data can simultaneously identify individuals and convey protectedhealth information: an unrecognized ethical concern (Clinical Epigenetics 2014, 6:28). Further discussion of the issues raised by the risk of re-identification of epigenetic methylation data is needed, and a more nuanced approach should be taken with respect to its implications for data sharing policy than the one provided.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Joly et al.; licensee BioMed Central.

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