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A biobank is a physical place which stores biological specimens.In some cases, participant data is also collected and stored. Access policies details may vary across biobanks but generally involve obtaining ethics approval from institutional review boards (IRB) and scientific review or peer review approval from the institutions under which the biobanks operate as well as Ethics approval from ...
EuroBioBank is an organization which manages a network of biobanks in Europe. It provides human DNA , cell, and tissue samples to the scientific community for research on rare diseases . Founding
The term "biobank" first appeared in the late 1990s and is a broad term that has evolved in recent years. [1] [2] One definition is "an organized collection of human biological material and associated information stored for one or more research purposes."
Among the concerns which participants in biobanks have expressed are giving personal information to researchers and having data used against them somehow. [ 9 ] Scientists have demonstrated that in many cases where participants' names were removed from data, the data still contained enough information to make identification of the participants ...
In 2013 to 2015, Axivity AX3 tri-axial wrist physical activity monitors were distributed to 100,000 participants, which recorded week-long triaxial acceleration at 100 Hz. [40] [41] This data was centrally processed, and listed on the Data Showcase. [42] [43] In 2014 and 2015 120,000 participants completed a questionnaire on cognitive functions.
The numbers involved in France’s largest child abuse trial are staggering: 299 alleged victims, sexually abused in 10 hospitals and clinics over 25 years – all by one doctor, prosecutors say.
Pages in category "Biobanks" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
A virtual biobank is a virtual repository which provides data extracted from and characterizing samples stored at classical biobanks. [1] Virtual biobanks are large databases and can provide high-resolution images of samples as well as other characteristic data. These virtual biobanks can be accessed via specialized software or web portals.