BBMRI-ERIC: the novel gateway to biobanks: From humans to humans

BBMRI-ERIC, the Biobanking and BioMolecular Resources Research Infrastructure-European Research Infrastructure Consortium, is a new form of umbrella organization for biobanking in Europe. For rare and common diseases alike, it aims at providing fair access to quality-controlled human biological samp...

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Published in:Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz, 2016-03, Vol.59 (3), p.379-384
Main Authors: Mayrhofer, Michaela Th, Holub, Petr, Wutte, Andrea, Litton, Jan-Eric
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological Specimen Banks - organization & administration
Biomedical Research - organization & administration
Database Management Systems - organization & administration
Databases, Factual
Europe
Family Medicine
Forecasting
General Practice
Information Dissemination - methods
Information Storage and Retrieval - methods
Interinstitutional Relations
Leitthema
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Models, Organizational
Public Health
Registries
Specimen Handling - methods
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Summary:BBMRI-ERIC, the Biobanking and BioMolecular Resources Research Infrastructure-European Research Infrastructure Consortium, is a new form of umbrella organization for biobanking in Europe. For rare and common diseases alike, it aims at providing fair access to quality-controlled human biological samples and associated biomedical and biomolecular data. Such access enables basic mechanisms underlying diseases to be studied, which is indispensable for the development of new biomarkers and drugs. In the context of the European Research Area (ERA), biobanks, which were identified as a particular European strength, contribute to Europe’s cohesion policy through capacity-building in the BBMRI-ERIC member countries.
ISSN:1436-9990
1437-1588
DOI:10.1007/s00103-015-2301-8