A biobank is a type of biorepository that stores biological samples (usually human) for use in research. Biobanks have become an important resource in...

UK Biobank is a large long-term biobank study in the United Kingdom (UK) which is investigating the respective contributions of genetic predisposition...

biorepository called a biobank, and the science of preserving biological specimens is most active in the field of biobanking. Setting broad standards...

A biobank is a physical place which stores biological specimens. In some cases, participant data is also collected and stored. Access policies details...

virtual biobank is a virtual repository which provides data extracted from and characterizing samples stored at classical biobanks. Virtual biobanks are large...

HUNT Biobank is a biorepository, located in Levanger, Norway. It was established in conjunction with the cohort study Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT). The...

PATH Biobank (Patients' Tumor Bank of Hope) is a German biobank for breast cancer, established in 2002 from patients for patients. PATH is an independent...

Biobank ethics refers to the ethics pertaining to all aspects of biobanks. The issues examined in the field of biobank ethics are special cases of clinical...

records indicates that 45 (with 22 of these being replicated with the UK Biobank) viral exposures can significantly elevate risks of neurodegenerative disease...

developed to enable functionally informed rare variant association analysis in biobank-scale cohorts using efficient approaches for summary statistic storage...