biobank

Unlocking progress: why we need to change the culture of biobanking

Number 72

Spotlight on 21 June 2016 0

Progress in understanding resistance and learning how to combine and sequence therapies most effectively is being stifled because specimens donated by patients, and related data, are being hoarded and not shared. Peter McIntyre reports. There [more]

How Europe is taking on the big biobank challenge

Number 24

Senza categoria 1 May 2008 0

Cancer research is being held back by a shortage of high-quality, well-documented biological specimens. However, convincing hospitals to pool their specimens in a regional, national or international biobank is not always easy, adding to the [more]