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Biobank and Biorepository in Personalized Medicine
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Biobank and Biorepository in Personalized Medicine

A special issue of Journal of Personalized Medicine (ISSN 2075-4426). This special issue belongs to the section "Evidence Based Medicine".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 April 2024) | Viewed by 2763

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Dr. Zisis Kozlakidis

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International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
Interests: biobanking; infectious diseases; digital health; biomarkers
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Dear Colleagues,

Biobanks are infrastructures aiming at collecting, processing, storing and distributing biological samples (usually human) and derivative materials for use in research, along with associated data and within defined regulatory frameworks.

Biobanking has become an important resource in medical research, supporting the scaling-up of many types of contemporary research such as genomics and personalized medicine. In recent years, many disease-oriented biobanks have emerged, while tumor biobanks have attracted great interest and funding.

This Special Issue will focus on recent advances in the field of biobanking and biobanking research and its application of novel techniques in the field of personalized medicine. Original articles and reviews highlighting biobanks in disease treatment and personalized medicine are welcome.

Dr. Zisis Kozlakidis
Guest Editor

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Personalized Medicine is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • biobanking
  • infectious diseases
  • digital health
  • biomarkers
  • precision medicine

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Data Model for the Comprehensive Management of Biobanks and Its Contribution to Personalized Medicine
by Ana María Sánchez-López, Purificación Catalina, Fernando Franco, Sonia Panadero-Fajardo, Juan David Rejón, María Concepción Romero-Sánchez, Jose Manuel Puerta-Puerta and Rocío Aguilar-Quesada
J. Pers. Med. 2024, 14(7), 668; https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm14070668 - 21 Jun 2024
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Biobanks are infrastructures essential for research involving multi-disciplinary teams and an increasing number of stakeholders. In the field of personalized medicine, biobanks play a key role through the provision of well-characterized and annotated samples protecting at the same time the right of donors. [...] Read more.
Biobanks are infrastructures essential for research involving multi-disciplinary teams and an increasing number of stakeholders. In the field of personalized medicine, biobanks play a key role through the provision of well-characterized and annotated samples protecting at the same time the right of donors. The Andalusian Public Health System Biobank (SSPA Biobank) has implemented a global information management system made up of different modules that allow for the recording, traceability and monitoring of all the information associated with the biobank operations. The data model, designed in a standardized and normalized way according to international initiatives on data harmonization, integrates the information necessary to guarantee the quality of results from research, benefiting researchers, clinicians and donors. Full article
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Biobanks as an Indispensable Tool in the “Era” of Precision Medicine: Key Role in the Management of Complex Diseases, Such as Melanoma
by Alessandro Valenti, Italia Falcone, Fabio Valenti, Elena Ricciardi, Simona Di Martino, Maria Teresa Maccallini, Marianna Cerro, Flora Desiderio, Ludovica Miseo, Michelangelo Russillo and Antonino Guerrisi
J. Pers. Med. 2024, 14(7), 731; https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm14070731 - 6 Jul 2024
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In recent years, medicine has undergone profound changes, strongly entering a new phase defined as the “era of precision medicine”. In this context, patient clinical management involves various scientific approaches that allow for a comprehensive pathology evaluation: from preventive processes (where applicable) to [...] Read more.
In recent years, medicine has undergone profound changes, strongly entering a new phase defined as the “era of precision medicine”. In this context, patient clinical management involves various scientific approaches that allow for a comprehensive pathology evaluation: from preventive processes (where applicable) to genetic and diagnostic studies. In this scenario, biobanks play an important role and, over the years, have gained increasing prestige, moving from small deposits to large collections of samples of various natures. Disease-oriented biobanks are rapidly developing as they provide useful information for the management of complex diseases, such as melanoma. Indeed, melanoma, given its highly heterogeneous characteristics, is one of the oncologic diseases with the greatest clinical and therapeutic management complexity. So, the possibility of extrapolating tissue, genetic and imaging data from dedicated biobanks could result in more selective study approaches. In this review, we specifically analyze the several biobank types to evaluate their role in technology development, patient monitoring and research of new biomarkers, especially in the melanoma context. Full article
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