Biobanking Can Dispense with Data Silos:Centralized LIMS for Efficient, Accurate, and Secure Biobank Sample and Consent Tracking

摘要

Biobanks play a crucial role in biomedical research by optimizing the storage, tracking, utilization, and distribution of a broad range of biospecimens together with the clinical information and patient consent linked to each sample. The size and diversity of biobanks continue to increase, as do the needs of researchers for high quality, richly annotated biospecimens for their research studies, and the pressures placed on biobanks to meet regulatory requirements and comply with privacy and ethics policies.