Tissue Engineering Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research

Bio Banking

Bio Banking:
Bio Banking is a process in which collection of samples from the body fluid or tissues for research use to improve health and diseases. Bio banks have become an important resource in medical research, supporting many types of contemporary research like genomics and personalized medicine. Other information’s, such as weight, height and any questions regarding health can also be recorded to provide the context for the samples. Often the samples are reserve for a long period of time or for several years, depending on the study, so that long term future research can be carried out. The researchers may follow up the health of the participants by looking towards their past and future medical records, only if people have given permission to do.