Proteomics in pathology, research and practice: ethical considerations

A researcher should always seek advice from his responsible ethics committee. Usually, advisory discussions with physicians doing research are not problematic in ethical terms when they want to examine biological material obtained, especially, when the material is no longer needed, the material will be used anonymized, no individualizing genes will be examined, the aims of research are not disputed in ethical terms, research is not expected to yield results of individual relevance to the person affected, there is no indication that the person affected will object to research and the expenditure for obtaining the individual consent is excessively high.