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Nursing & Care Open Access Journal

Mini Review Volume 5 Issue 6

Biobanking

Saraswathi KN

Department of mental health nursing, JSS College of Nursing, India

Correspondence: Saraswathi KN, Asst Professor, Department of mental health nursing, JSS College of Nursing, Mysore, India

Received: May 02, 2017 | Published: November 23, 2018

Citation: Saraswathi KN. Biobanking. Nurse Care Open Acces J. 2018;5(6):371. DOI: 10.15406/ncoaj.2018.05.00176

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Introduction

Meaning
Biobank is a depository for biomaterials for biomaterials from a representative portion of a representative portion of a human population:

    • The Biobank acts as a vault with intricate detailed information pertaining to the individuals from whom biological materials have been collected.
    • Data collection: Data collection and proper and proper cataloging are essential are essential components for the success components of a Biobank.

Types:

    • Tissue bank Tissue bank–(i) Surgical tissues (ii) Transplant tissues
    • Cancer/Tumor bank
    • Cord blood/Stem cell bank
    • Blood bank–Dried Blood Spots
    • Body fluids–(i) Synovial (ii) Urine (iii) Sputum (iv) Buccal scrapings (v) scrapings (vi) Sperm
    • DNA/RNA bank
    • Cornea bank Cornea bank Functional Division

Divisions:

    • Cell and Molecular Biology
    • Blood Center Blood Center
    • Pathology
    • Genetics
    • Bioengineering
    • Cryobiology
    • Bioinformatics
    • Ethics

Indications:

    • Research work– biomedical experiments for a particular disease in a specific population.
    • Routine work– health centers, hospitals, health centers, hospitals, blood transfusion centers and Public /Private pathological laboratories.
    • Epidemiological work–monitoring in susceptible populations after disease outbreak, poisoning and/or pollution.

Ethical/safety issues:
For tissue banking, freely given informed patient consent is mandatory. Patient consent forms needs to be upgraded from time upgraded from time-to-time following IRB regulations.1,2

    • Model Consent Form
    • Confidentiality
    • Quality assurance checks necessary for right from planning, implementation, up to documentation and analysis.
    • Safety is crucial

Biobank in India
NIMHANS: Brain Biobank
ACTREC, Mumbai: cancer biobank

Repositories in India:

    • Organ Retrieval Banking Organ Retrieval Banking Organization (ORBO), AIIMS, New Delhi
    • National Repository for National Repository for Cell Lines/Hybridomas, NCCS, Pune
    • Mycobacterial Repository, JALMA, Agra JALMA, Agra

Conclusion

India has a population India has a population of over a billion and is of over a billion and is the world the world’s largest s largest democracy. India has a very high burden of communicable and communicable and non -communicable communicable diseases. India has the means to make a modest start towards establishing a Biobank.

Acknowledgements

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Conflict of interest

Author declares that there is none of the conflicts.

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