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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N02.278.065
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| 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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2020 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2021 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Biological Specimen Banks" by people in Profiles.
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Health equity innovation in precision medicine: data stewardship and agency to expand representation in clinicogenomics. Health Res Policy Syst. 2024 Dec 19; 22(1):170.
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Disease prediction with multi-omics and biomarkers empowers case-control genetic discoveries in the UK Biobank. Nat Genet. 2024 Sep; 56(9):1821-1831.
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Detection of distant relatedness in biobanks to identify undiagnosed cases of Mendelian disease as applied to Long QT syndrome. Nat Commun. 2024 Aug 29; 15(1):7507.
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Genetic architecture of telomere length in 462,666 UK Biobank whole-genome sequences. Nat Genet. 2024 Sep; 56(9):1832-1840.
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Galectin-3 predicts acute GvHD and overall mortality post reduced intensity allo-HCT: a BMT-CTN biorepository study. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2024 Mar; 59(3):334-343.
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Methamphetamine-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension: data from the national biological sample and data repository for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH Biobank). BMJ Open Respir Res. 2023 12 07; 10(1).
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A framework for standardised tissue sampling and processing during resection of diffuse intracranial glioma: joint recommendations from four RANO groups. Lancet Oncol. 2023 11; 24(11):e438-e450.
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Rare variant associations with plasma protein levels in the UK Biobank. Nature. 2023 Oct; 622(7982):339-347.
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Effects of protein-coding variants on blood metabolite measurements and clinical biomarkers in the UK Biobank. Am J Hum Genet. 2023 03 02; 110(3):487-498.
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Associations Between HbA1c Across the Normal Range, Diagnosed, and Undiagnosed Diabetes and Retinal Layer Thickness in UK Biobank Cohort. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2023 02 01; 12(2):25.