ArticleSouth African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde2017
Establishing an academic biobank in a resource-challenged environment.
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- Genome-wide association study identifies common variants associated with breast cancer in South African Black women.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Building a foundation to promote Women's health research in Dubai. Study protocol for a project to investigate the feasibility of establishing a dedicated Women's health biobank.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
- Online Training as a Means to Improve the Understanding of Ethical, Legal, and Social Aspects of Biobanking Research: Stakeholder Perspectives from South Africa.Biopreservation and biobanking · 2022Article
- Public human microbiome data are dominated by highly developed countries.PLoS biology · 2022Article
- Sustainable biobanks: a case study for a green global bioethics.Global bioethics = Problemi di bioetica · 2022Article
- Stakeholder perspectives on the ethico-legal dimensions of biobanking in South Africa.BMC medical ethics · 2021Article
- Establishment of biobank facility at Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute of Iran: experiences, challenges, and future outlook.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2021Article
- Genomic and environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases in Africa: methods used for Phase 1 of the AWI-Gen population cross-sectional study.Global health action · 2018Article
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Abstract
Past practices of informal sample collections and spreadsheets for data and sample management fall short of best-practice models for biobanking, and are neither cost effective nor efficient to adequately serve the needs of large research studies. The biobank of the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience serves as a bioresource for institutional, national and international research collaborations. It provides high-quality human biospecimens from African populations, secure data and sample curation and storage, as well as monitored sample handling and management processes, to promote both non-communicable and infectious-disease research. Best-practice guidelines have been adapted to align with a low-resource setting and have been instrumental in the development of a quality-management system, including standard operating procedures and a quality-control regimen. Here, we provide a summary of 10 important considerations for initiating and establishing an academic research biobank in a low-resource setting. These include addressing ethical, legal, technical, accreditation and/or certification concerns and financial sustainability.
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