[First steps for the regulation of biobanks in Brazil: Resolution 441/2011 of the National Council of Health]. / Los primeros pasos para la regulación de los biobancos en Brasil: la Resolución 441/2011 del Consejo Nacional de Salud.

In its two hundred and twenty-first ordinary meeting, held on 11 and 12 May 2011, the Brazilian Health Board approved the Resolution 441. The objective of such was to cover the legal vacuum existing in Brazil with regard to storing and using human biological material for research purposes. This article analyses said resolution.

[Policy framework for the protection of integrity in research in Brazil]. / El marco normativo para la protección de la integridad en la investigación en Brasil.

Beginning with the assumption that the heated tension between research freedom and the protection of human life and integrity has not been overcome, this article discusses the issue of regulatory framework for the protection of research integrity in the Brazilian legal system. Throughout the work, the general aspects and principles that establish the limits between scientific activity and the rights and interests of the subjects of experimental processes are developed, as well as the treatment deserved by certain especially problematic situations derived from the complex cultural composition of Brazilian society.