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Clinical laboratory studies utilizing residual specimens after laboratory testing have markedly contributed to the development of medical science. However, according to recent rules regarding ethical aspects, the ethical committee of the Japanese Society of Laboratory Medicine (JSLM) developed ethical guidelines for treating residual specimens. In this symposium, several ethical problems concerning the application of such specimens to laboratory investigation were raised and discussed. Concerning whether or not each informed consent should be ob- tained before the secondary use of the residual specimens, this matter itself revealed serious disagreements among institutes. Therefore, the ethical committee of JSLM has to propose uniform and widely acceptable guidelines for the effective utilization of laboratory specimens, aiming at the advancement of laboratory medi- cine. [Review].
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