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Keywords: biobank, cancer research, biospecimen repositories, tissue banks, the Biobanking and Bio Molecular Resources Research Infrastructure, .

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How Europe is taking on the big biobank challenge

How Europe is taking on the big biobank challenge

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 logistical, technical, ethical, legal and IT obstacles of such a venture. Little by little, it seems, Europe is getting there.

» Marc Beishon


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