Spain’s National Brain Cancer Biobank
January 2, 2024 | Terry Sharrer
“We have implemented a network of 18 hospitals, with a backbone of a biobank and a basic/translational laboratory, in order to benefit the translation of discoveries from the laboratory to patients, as well as to initiate research projects with patient-derived observations. The uniqueness of this coordinated effort is that, beyond common samples [i.e., formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE); fresh-frozen; plasma], we have built a ‘living’ biobank offering the possibility to perform functional experiments in patients. Given that hospitals are involved within the discovery process, they are not just sample suppliers but active network members who lead subsequent clinical efforts to move those findings into the patient.” MORE
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