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WELCOME TO THE BIOREPOSITORIES AND BIOSPECIMEN RESEARCH BRANCH!

The Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research Branch (BBRB) enables translational
research that brings patients closer to precision medicine by providing
leadership, tools, resources, and policies in biobanking. BBRB also sponsors and
facilitates research studies that form the basis of evidence-based biospecimen
best practices to guide cancer research. We put these best practices to work in
leading NCI and NIH biobanking programs to support critical scientific needs.


NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

June 2024
Two new articles from NIH's Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) Project reporting
notable histologic findings and postmortem effects on quality markers are freely
available.
January 2024
The Biospecimen Research Database has more than 1.3 million downloads from its
SOP library
January 2024
The most popular SOP in the BRD was downloaded 8,412 times in 2023
May 2023
New NCI Biospecimen Evidence-based Practices (BEBP) document: blood collection
and processing for miRNA analysis!
May 2023
GTEx biospecimens are available on the GTEx Portal
September 2022
A new publication from the BPV Program on effects of delay to fixation and time
in fixative on aCGH profiles is now available
October 2021
New submission dates for PAR-22-049 Integrating Biospecimen Science Approaches
into Clinical Assay Development
May 2021
A NCI BPV Program publication was the May 2021 Editor's Choice Article
March 2020
New BEBP on cfDNA is Now Available


QUICK LINKS

The Cancer Moonshot Biobank
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NCI Best Practices
Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) Biobank
Finding Human Biospecimens for Research


EVENTS

Biobanking for Precision Medicine Seminar Series: Dr. Michael Roerhl
Cancer Moonshot Biobank Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI)
Mini-Symposium
Maximizing the Research Use of Small Biopsy Tissue: Symposium Presented by NCI’s
Cancer Moonshot Biobank


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