1 Department of Biomedical Ethics and Public Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871 Japan.
2 Centre for Health, Law and Emerging Technologies (HeLEX), Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Oxford, OX3 7LF UK.
3 Department of Biomedical Ethics and Public Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871 Japan ; Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Kyoto University Yoshida Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501 Japan.
The use of information and communication technology can offer a novel way to promote family-centric initiatives for informed consent, and can address associated ethical challenges in personal genome research.