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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	N02.278.065
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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Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Facilities [N02.278]
Biological Specimen Banks [N02.278.065]

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Bar chart showing 8 publications over 7 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2023

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2013	1	0	1
2016	0	1	1
2018	0	1	1
2020	0	1	1
2021	1	0	1
2023	0	2	2
2024	0	1	1

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DePaolo J, Biagetti G, Judy R, Wang GJ, Kelly JJ, Iyengar A, Goel NJ, Desai ND, Szeto WY, Bavaria JE, Levin MG, Damrauer SM. Polygenic Scoring for Detection of Ascending Thoracic Aortic Dilation. Circ Genom Precis Med. 2024 Oct; 17(5):e004512.

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Ung CY, Warwick A, Onoufriadis A, Barker JN, Parsons M, McGrath JA, Shaw TJ, Dand N. Comorbidities of Keloid and Hypertrophic Scars Among Participants in UK Biobank. JAMA Dermatol. 2023 02 01; 159(2):172-181.

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Aung N, Lopes LR, van Duijvenboden S, Harper AR, Goel A, Grace C, Ho CY, Weintraub WS, Kramer CM, Neubauer S, Watkins HC, Petersen SE, Munroe PB. Genome-Wide Analysis of Left Ventricular Maximum Wall Thickness in the UK Biobank Cohort Reveals a Shared Genetic Background With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Circ Genom Precis Med. 2023 02; 16(1):e003716.

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Darrigues E, Zhao EH, De Loose A, Lee MP, Borrelli MJ, Eoff RL, Galileo DS, Penthala NR, Crooks PA, Rodriguez A. Biobanked Glioblastoma Patient-Derived Organoids as a Precision Medicine Model to Study Inhibition of Invasion. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Oct 03; 22(19).

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Nigrovic LE, Neville DN, Balamuth F, Levas MN, Bennett JE, Kharbanda AB, Thompson AD, Branda JA, Garro AC. Pediatric Lyme Disease Biobank, United States, 2015-2020. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 12; 26(12):3099-3101.

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London JW. Cancer Research Data-Sharing Networks. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2018 12; 2:1-3.

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Kariyawasam R, Lau R, Eshaghi A, Patel SN, Sider D, Gubbay JB, Boggild AK. Spectrum of Viral Pathogens in Blood of Malaria-Free Ill Travelers Returning to Canada. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 May; 22(5):854-61.

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Toledo JB, Van Deerlin VM, Lee EB, Suh E, Baek Y, Robinson JL, Xie SX, McBride J, Wood EM, Schuck T, Irwin DJ, Gross RG, Hurtig H, McCluskey L, Elman L, Karlawish J, Schellenberg G, Chen-Plotkin A, Wolk D, Grossman M, Arnold SE, Shaw LM, Lee VM, Trojanowski JQ. A platform for discovery: The University of Pennsylvania Integrated Neurodegenerative Disease Biobank. Alzheimers Dement. 2014 Jul; 10(4):477-484.e1.

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