The establishment of an ISO compliant cancer biobank for jordan and its neighboring countries through knowledge transfer and training

Biopreservation and Biobanking

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-12

  Barr, Martin ^a   Souan, Lina ^b   Macgabhann, Peadar ^c   Müller, Jeanette ^d   Al Ashhab, Maxim ^b   Jasser, Mohammed ^b   Hamza, Khetam ^b   Al Hassoon, Sallam ^b   Kuhn, Uwe ^c   Infante, Daniela ^c   Lawlor, Denise ^a   Gately, Kathy ^a   Amireh, Eyad ^b   O'byrne, Kenneth ^a,e   Sughayer, Maher A ^b  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b KING HUSSEIN CANCER CENTER   (Jordan)

^c Biostór Ireland   (Ireland)

^d Accelopment AG   (Switzerland)

^e QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84894498594     PISSN: 19475535     EISSN: 19475543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bio.2013.0072     Document Type: Article

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