Biobanks act as the custodians for the access to and responsible use of human biological
samples and related data that have been generously donated by individuals to serve the …

Biobanking in its various forms is an activity involving the collection of biospecimens and
associated data and their storage for differing lengths of time before use. In some cases …

This book provides new insights into how new biology, and the emergence of" translational"
policies to drive the health bioeconomy, is reshaping the innovation ecosystem for new …

Since the sequencing of the human genome, as well as the completion of the first Human
Genome Diversity Project, the benefits of studying one human population over another has …

Background: The pre-eminent goal of biobanks is to accelerate scientific discovery and
support improvements in healthcare through the supply of high quality biospecimens to …

Biobanks are increasingly being established to act as mediators between patient-donors
and researchers. In practice, some of these will close. This paper details the experiences of …

Human health biobanks are forms of research infrastructure that supply biospecimens and
associated data to researchers, and therefore juxtapose the activities of clinical care and …

The sharing, circulation, distribution, and use of human tissue samples and related data
have become a major political and scientific pre-occupation during the past two decades. In …

Background The literature on the ethics of biobanking often overlooks the practical
operations of biobanks. The ethics of stewardship requires that biobank resources are used …

Genome Finland tells a story of genomic medicine in Finland from the study of rare Finnish
diseases in the 1960s and 1970s to the implementation of personalized medicine in the …