Biological Specimen Banks
"Biological Specimen Banks" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Facilities that collect, store, and distribute tissues, e.g., cell lines, microorganisms, blood, sperm, milk, breast tissue, for use by others. Other uses may include transplantation and comparison of diseased tissues in the identification of cancer.
| Descriptor ID |
D018070
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N02.278.065
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| Concept/Terms |
Biological Specimen Banks- Biological Specimen Banks
- Specimen Banks, Biological
- Bank, Biological Substance
- Banks, Biological Substance
- Biological Specimen Bank
- Substance Bank, Biological
- Substance Banks, Biological
- Biological Substance Banks
- Bank, Biological Specimen
- Banks, Biological Specimen
- Specimen Bank, Biological
- Biological Substance Bank
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Biological Specimen Banks" by people in Profiles.
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Down Syndrome Biobank Consortium: A perspective. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 Mar; 20(3):2262-2272.
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Investigating the characteristics of genes and variants associated with self-reported hearing difficulty in older adults in the UK Biobank. BMC Biol. 2022 06 27; 20(1):150.
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Priorities in Biobanking Research: A Report on the 2021 ISBER Round Table. Biopreserv Biobank. 2023 02; 21(1):111-113.
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Skin autofluorescence is associated with progression of kidney disease in type 2 diabetes: A prospective cohort study from the Hong Kong diabetes biobank. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2022 02; 32(2):436-446.
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Genome-Wide Association Meta-Analysis Supports Genes Involved in Valve and Cardiac Development to Associate With Mitral Valve Prolapse. Circ Genom Precis Med. 2021 10; 14(5):e003148.
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Skin autofluorescence is associated with higher risk of cardiovascular events in Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes: A prospective cohort study from the Hong Kong Diabetes Biobank. J Diabetes Complications. 2021 10; 35(10):108015.
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Each patient is a research biorepository: informatics-enabled research on surplus clinical specimens via the living BioBank. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2021 01 15; 28(1):138-143.
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Data Resource Profile: Cardiovascular H3Africa Innovation Resource (CHAIR). Int J Epidemiol. 2019 04 01; 48(2):366-367g.
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Obesity: Obesity and cardiometabolic disease - more than meets the eye. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2017 10; 13(10):566-568.
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A population-based approach for implementing change from opt-out to opt-in research permissions. PLoS One. 2017; 12(4):e0168223.