ReviewMolecular biotechnology2008
Biobanking.
Review in Molecular biotechnology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed.
- Incorporating Population Genomic Perspectives Into Kelp Conservation and Aquaculture in the Pacific Northwest.Evolutionary applications · 2026Article
- Response of Early Life-Stages of Forest-Forming Seaweeds From Warm-Edge and Central Populations to Marine Heatwaves.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- A simple and effective protocol for cryopreservation of germplasm of the bull kelp, Nereocystis luetkeana (Phaeophyceae).Journal of phycology · 2025Article
- Roadmap for low-carbon ultra-low temperature storage in biobanking.Journal of translational medicine · 2024Review
- LUNGBANK: a novel biorepository strategy tailored for comprehensive multiomics analysis and P-medicine applications in lung cancer.Turkish journal of biology = Turk biyoloji dergisi · 2024Article
- Russian Biodiversity Collections: A Professional Opinion Survey.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Biobanking: Strengthening Uganda's Rapid Response to COVID-19 and Other Epidemics.Biopreservation and biobanking · 2022Article
- Marine Biodiscovery in a Changing World.Progress in the chemistry of organic natural products · 2021Article
- Underpinning the Development of Seaweed Biotechnology: Cryopreservation of Brown Algae (Biopreservation and biobanking · 2019Article
- Freezability biomarkers in bull epididymal spermatozoa.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Bioremediation efficacy-comparison of nutrient removal from an anaerobic digest waste-based medium by an algal consortium before and after cryopreservation.Journal of applied phycology · 2017Article
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- Publicly-funded biobanks and networks in East Asia.SpringerPlus · 2016Review
- Association of acculturation, nativity, and years living in the United States with biobanking among individuals of Mexican descent.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2014Article
- Imperative role of dental pulp stem cells in regenerative therapies: a systematic review.Nigerian journal of surgery : official publication of the Nigerian Surgical Research Society · 2014Review
- From banking to international governance: fostering innovation in stem cell research.Stem cells international · 2011Article
- Stem cell banking: between traceability and identifiability.Genome medicine · 2010Article
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Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Biobanks, more formally known as biological resource centers (BRCs), form an "unsung" yet critical component of the infrastructures for scientific research, industry and conservation, without which much of the current scientific activity involving microbial cultures and cell-lines would be effectively impossible. BRCs are de facto depositories of "biological standards" holding taxonomic and other reference strains on which much of the associated published science and industrial standards are built and upon which some significant international commercial and ethical issues rely. The establishment and maintenance of BRCs is a knowledge- and skill-rich activity that in particular requires careful attention to the implementation of reliable preservation technologies and appropriate quality assurance to ensure that recovered cultures and other biological materials perform in the same way as the originally isolated culture or material. There are many types of BRC, which vary both in the kinds of material they hold and in their functional role. All BRCs are expected to provide materials and information of an appropriate quality for their intended use and work to standards relevant to those applications. There are important industrial, biomedical, and conservation issues that can only be addressed through effective and efficient operation of BRCs in the long term. This requires a high degree of expertise in the maintenance and management of collections of biological materials at ultra-low temperatures, or as freeze-dried material, to secure their long-term integrity and relevance for future research, development, and conservation.
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