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'''Biobanks (biorepositories or tissue banks)''' are a new frontier for biomolecular research, clinical genomics and personal medicine that seeks to integrate collections of bio-specimens (blood, DNA, tissue, biopsy specimens, etc) with corresponding patient data such as genetic profiles, medical histories, and lifestyle information.
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A '''biobank (biorepository or tissue bank)''' is a repository of human biological material — organs, tissue, blood, cells and other body fluids — that contains at least traces of DNA or RNA that would allow genetic analysis. It originally referred to large population banks of human tissue and related data.
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Biobanks are a new frontier for biomolecular research, clinical genomics and personal medicine that seeks to integrate collections of bio-specimens (blood, DNA, tissue, biopsy specimens, etc) with corresponding patient data such as genetic profiles, medical histories, and lifestyle information.
  
 
By combining and comparing biological tissue samples with genetic and historical patient information, researchers will be able to investigate the fundamental mechanisms of diseases in rich new ways. New insights into molecular and genetic processes will lead to better techniques for predicting who may be susceptible to particular illnesses, as well as to more targeted and innovative ways to treat many diseases.
 
By combining and comparing biological tissue samples with genetic and historical patient information, researchers will be able to investigate the fundamental mechanisms of diseases in rich new ways. New insights into molecular and genetic processes will lead to better techniques for predicting who may be susceptible to particular illnesses, as well as to more targeted and innovative ways to treat many diseases.
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While biobanking is still in its infancy, some critics question whether behavioral and lifestyle data can be tracked and measured against genetic data in ways that will lead to major breakthroughs. Others challenge the assumption that genetics plays a decisive role in most disease processes.
 
While biobanking is still in its infancy, some critics question whether behavioral and lifestyle data can be tracked and measured against genetic data in ways that will lead to major breakthroughs. Others challenge the assumption that genetics plays a decisive role in most disease processes.
 
[[Biobanking]] is used to describe various biological repositories, it originally referred to large population banks of human tissue and related data. It refers to any collection of human biological material—organs, tissue, blood, cells and other body fluids — that contains at least traces of DNA or RNA that would allow genetic analysis.
 
  
 
[http://www.biobankcentral.org/public/importance/what.php Biobank Central definition]
 
[http://www.biobankcentral.org/public/importance/what.php Biobank Central definition]

Revision as of 14:47, 17 September 2011

A biobank (biorepository or tissue bank) is a repository of human biological material — organs, tissue, blood, cells and other body fluids — that contains at least traces of DNA or RNA that would allow genetic analysis. It originally referred to large population banks of human tissue and related data.

Biobanks are a new frontier for biomolecular research, clinical genomics and personal medicine that seeks to integrate collections of bio-specimens (blood, DNA, tissue, biopsy specimens, etc) with corresponding patient data such as genetic profiles, medical histories, and lifestyle information.

By combining and comparing biological tissue samples with genetic and historical patient information, researchers will be able to investigate the fundamental mechanisms of diseases in rich new ways. New insights into molecular and genetic processes will lead to better techniques for predicting who may be susceptible to particular illnesses, as well as to more targeted and innovative ways to treat many diseases.

As medicine and information technologies continue to converge, biobanking offers new abilities to study the complex interaction between genes, the environment and social factors. One element of the movement toward “information-based medicine” and computational biology, biobanking promises to be an essential tool for translating new biomedical knowledge into new clinical practices, diagnostic techniques and preventative treatments.

While biobanking is still in its infancy, some critics question whether behavioral and lifestyle data can be tracked and measured against genetic data in ways that will lead to major breakthroughs. Others challenge the assumption that genetics plays a decisive role in most disease processes.

Biobank Central definition

Leading Biobanking Projects & Institutions

Leading Biobanking Projects & Institutions

Privacy Issues

Privacy Issues

Technical Issues

Technical Issues

Biobanking Related Companies

Biobanking Events & Conferences

Biobanking Events & Conferences

Biobanking FAQs

Biobanking FAQs

Key Challenges to Biobanking

  1. Anonymizing, or de-identifying, samples to protect patient privacy
  2. Standardizing sample preparation, storage protocols
  3. Enabling interoperability and data exchange between biobanks
  4. Resolving issues such as who owns and controls specimens and refining informed consent practices as biobanking expands