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Biobanks have become integral to improving population health. We are in a new era in medicine as patients, health professionals, and researchers increasingly collaborate to gain new knowledge and explore new paradigms for diagnosing and treating disease. Many large-scale biobanking efforts are underway worldwide at the institutional, national, and even international level. When linked with subject data from questionnaires and medical records, biobanks serve as valuable resources in translational research. A biobank must have high-quality biospecimens that meet researcher's needs. Biobank laboratory operations require an enormous amount of support, from lab and storage space, information technology expertise, and a laboratory information management system to logistics for biospecimen tracking, quality management systems, and appropriate facilities. (Full article...)
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