Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research

The Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research is a division of the United States National Cancer Institute which was formed in 2005 to promote and develop biobank infrastructure.

History[edit]

The guidelines which the OBBR published were among the first generation of policies relating to biobank ethics.^[1]

Biospecimen Research Network Symposia[edit]

The OBBR organizes an annual conference called the "Biospecimen Research Network Symposia".^[2]

References[edit]

^ Ginsburg, G. S.; Burke, T. W.; Febbo, P. (2008). "Centralized Biorepositories for Genetic and Genomic Research". JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. 299 (11): 1359–61. doi:10.1001/jama.299.11.1359. PMID 18349099.
^ Moore, H. M.; Compton, C. C.; Lim, M. D.; Vaught, J.; Christiansen, K. N.; Alper, J. (2009). "2009 Biospecimen Research Network Symposium: Advancing Cancer Research Through Biospecimen Science". Cancer Research. 69 (17): 6770–6772. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-1795. PMC 2782665. PMID 19706749.

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] Ginsburg, G. S.; Burke, T. W.; Febbo, P. (2008). "Centralized Biorepositories for Genetic and Genomic Research". JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. 299 (11): 1359–61. doi:10.1001/jama.299.11.1359. PMID 18349099.

[2] Moore, H. M.; Compton, C. C.; Lim, M. D.; Vaught, J.; Christiansen, K. N.; Alper, J. (2009). "2009 Biospecimen Research Network Symposium: Advancing Cancer Research Through Biospecimen Science". Cancer Research. 69 (17): 6770–6772. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-1795. PMC 2782665. PMID 19706749.

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