Current status of Human tissue Biobank —Biobanks in Europe and Japan—

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  • Takeuchi Tomoyo
    Tsukuba Human Tissue Biobank Center, University of Tsukuba Hospital
  • Owada Yohei
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba Kanto academic alliance for fostering cancer professionals
  • Miyazaki Yoshihiro
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba Kanto academic alliance for fostering cancer professionals
  • Oda Tatsuya
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba Kanto academic alliance for fostering cancer professionals
  • Bukawa Hiroki
    Tsukuba Human Tissue Biobank Center, University of Tsukuba Hospital Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
  • Nishiyama Hiroyuki
    Tsukuba Human Tissue Biobank Center, University of Tsukuba Hospital Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
  • Ohkohchi Nobuhiro
    Tsukuba Human Tissue Biobank Center, University of Tsukuba Hospital Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba Mito Chuo Hospital

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  • ヒト組織バイオバンクの今—欧州バイオバンク視察に学ぶ—

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<p>European Biobanks are known for well-organized governance and research oriented activities in the world. This year, we visited several biobanks in Europe including a private biobank. Basically, tissue banking is carried out for each research project in the academic biobanks, and specimens of specific diseases are collected and stored. The procedure of tissue preservation is almost the same as Japanese biobanks. Difference is found in informed-consent form; there were variety of items that indicate detail of expected use of specimens, compared to Japan where we use ‘broad consent’. The private biobank in Germany manages not only banking but also research support such as immunohistochemistry, gene expression analysis and drug profiling. In Japan, collaboration among biobanks is developing lead by three major banks, Biobank Japan, National Center Biobank Network, Tohoku Medical Megabank. The movement will overcome ethical and management issues and the Japanese biobanks will contribute to biomedical research soon.</p>

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  • Organ Biology

    Organ Biology 26 (1), 43-49, 2019

    The Japan Society for Organ Preservation and Biology

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