The time when human samples were collected “at random” is increasingly becoming a thing of the past. Today, most university hospitals have centralised biobanks (“core facilities”) in which all collections are stored. This includes everything from routine clinical procedures and research to clinical trials. These biobanks are state-of-the-art, in part robot-controlled cold stores that are linked to powerful databases. The samples stored there are monitored around the clock.
Learn more about the crucial role of professional biobanks in advancing scientific research and fostering groundbreaking discoveries in this short film produced by the German Biobank Node (GBN), BBMRI.at and the Swiss Biobanking Platform (SBP).
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