Biobanking in a Constantly Developing Medical World

Biobank is a very sophisticated system that consists of a programmed storage of biological material and corresponding data. Biobanks are created to be used in medical research, in clinical and translational medicine, and in healthcare. In the past 20 years, a large number of biobanks have been set u...

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Published in:TheScientificWorld 2013-01, Vol.2013 (2013), p.1-5
Main Authors: Lupu, Mihaela, Tataranu, Ligia Gabriela, Tache, Daniela Elise, Purcaru, Stefana Oana, Ciurea, Marius Eugen, Artene, Stefan-Alexandru, Dricu, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Archives & records
Biological materials
Biological Specimen Banks - ethics
Biological Specimen Banks - organization & administration
Biomedical Research
Cancer
Capital assets
Clinical trials
Consent
Epidemiology
Family medical history
Humans
Internationality
Management
Medical research
Medicine
Medicine, Experimental
Precision medicine
Public health
Quality
Review
Standardization
Stem Cell Research - ethics
Stem cells
Translational Medical Research - ethics
Translational Medical Research - organization & administration
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Summary:Biobank is a very sophisticated system that consists of a programmed storage of biological material and corresponding data. Biobanks are created to be used in medical research, in clinical and translational medicine, and in healthcare. In the past 20 years, a large number of biobanks have been set up around the world, to support the modern research directions in medicine such as omix and personalized medicine. More recently, embryonic and adult stem cell banks have been developed. Stem cell banking was reported to be required for medical research as well as clinical transplant applications. The quality of the samples stored in a biobank is very important. The standardization is also important; the biological material stored in a biobank must be processed in a manner that allows compatibility with other biobanks that preserve samples in the same field. In this paper, we review some issues related to biobanks purposes, quality, harmonization, and their financial and ethical aspects.
ISSN:2356-6140
1537-744X
1537-744X
DOI:10.1155/2013/343275