Title | Methods in Biobanking [electronic resource] / edited by Joakim Dillner |
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Imprint | Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2011 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-423-0 |
Descript | XI, 370 p. 55 illus., 4 illus. in color. online resource |
Genetic Research and Biobanks -- The Need to Down Regulate: A Minimal Ethical Framework for Biobank Research -- Nordic Biological Specimen Bank Cohorts as Basis for Studies of Cancer Causes and Control: Quality Control Tools for Study Cohorts with More than 2 Million Sample Donors and 100,000 Prospective Cancers -- Biobanks Collected for Routine Healthcare Purposes: Build-Up and Use for Epidemiological Research -- Biobanks and Registers in Epidemiological Research on Cancer -- Study Designs for Biobank-Based Epidemiologic Research on Chronic Diseases -- The EPIC Biobank (European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition) -- The AIDS and Cancer Specimen Resource (ACSR) -- Specific Advantages of Twin Registries and Biobanks -- The Swedish Multi-Generation Register -- Multigenerational Information: The Example of the Icelandic Genealogy Database -- Creation of a New Prospective Research Biobank: The Example of HUNT3 -- Best Practices for Establishing a Biobank -- Extraction, Quantitation, and Functionality Evaluation of DNA from Various Sample Types -- Cervical Cytology Biobanks as a Resource for Molecular Epidemiology -- Biobanking of Fresh Frozen Tissue from Clinical Surgical Specimens: Transport Logistics, Sample Selection, and Histological Characterization -- Protein Extraction from Solid Tissue -- Collection and Preservation of Frozen Microorganisms -- Handling of Solid Brain Tumor Tissue for Protein Analysis -- Blood Plasma Handling for Protein Analysis -- Biobank Informatics: Connecting Genotypes and Phenotypes -- A Practical Guide to Constructing and Using Tissue Microarrays -- Breast Cancer Genomics Based on Biobanks -- Monitoring, Alarm, and Data Visualization Service on Sample Preparing and Sample Storing Devices in Biobanks -- Fresh Frozen Tissue: RNA Extraction and Quality Control