Biobanks play an increasing role in contemporary research projects. These units meet all
requirements to regard them as a one of the most innovative and up-to-date in the field of …

Biological samples such as tissues, blood and other body fluids, plants or seeds, prokaryotic
and eukaryotic cells or isolated biomolecules as well as associated data are the essential …

The term “biobanking” is often misapplied to any collection of human biological materials
(biospecimens) regardless of requirements related to ethical and legal issues or the …

Human tissue biobanking encompasses a wide range of activities and study designs and is
critical for application of a wide range of new technologies (-“omics”) to the discovery of …

The development of biomedical science requires the creation of biological material
collections that allow for the search and discovery of biomarkers for pathological conditions …

Biobanking of human biological specimens has evolved from the simple private collection of
often poorly annotated residual clinical specimens, to well annotated and organized …

The terms biorepository, Biological resource centre (BRC), biobank refer to structured
collections of biological samples and associated data, stored for the purposes of present …

Biobanking nowadays is mostly strongly determined by the specific aims of a research group
in charge of the biobank, determining their own standards for the collection and annotation …

Translational cancer research is highly dependent of large series of cases including high
quality samples and their associated data. Comprehensive Cancer Centers should be …

A biobank may be defined as the long-term storage of biological samples for research or
clinical purposes. In addition to storage facilities, a biobank may comprise a complete …