Research data articles from across Nature Portfolio

The promise of genomics-focused neuroscience to improve health outcomes for Indigenous Peoples depends on ensuring more equitable data relationships though culturally appropriate data governance and the technical infrastructure to enable its implementation. Although ethical frameworks and legal policy mechanisms affirm Indigenous rights, there is a persistent gap in translating these commitments into practice. Here we discuss how embedding Indigenous data governance across research infrastructures and data ecosystems is needed to strengthen the field’s capacity to deliver beneficial outcomes for all.

The COP16 decision established a multilateral mechanism for digital sequence information (DSI) benefit-sharing. This Comment brings together insights from academia and commercial DSI researchers to assess what has been accomplished so far, identify remaining challenges and describe elements under discussion to support collective goals.

Kelly Cobey’s early career experiences sparked a campaigning zeal, now focused on predatory publishing and responsible research assessment.

Representatives of four medical research centres have told Nature they have waived normal ethical review because ‘synthetic’ data do not contain real or traceable patient information.