Biobanks: Transnational, European and global networks

Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 193-201

  Asslaber, Martin ^a   Zatloukal, Kurt ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biobank; Biomarkers; CRIP; ESFRI; OECD Biological Resource Centres; Personalized medicine

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DNA;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; BIOBANK; BIOMEDICINE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER NETWORK; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPEAN UNION; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENETIC DATABASE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERNET; LEGAL ASPECT; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; DNA MICROARRAY; EUROPE; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; DATABASES, GENETIC; EUROPE; GENETIC RESEARCH; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TISSUE BANKS;

EID: 41449117980     PISSN: 14739550     EISSN: 14774062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elm023     Document Type: Article

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