Cincinnati BioBank Core

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Several organizations are leading the way in Biobank implementation and research:

• Biospecimens Interest Group (SIG): An active group at NIH for discussion and presentation of all matters related to biospecimen resources.
• College of American Pathologists (CAP): The Cincinnati Biobank operates in the division of Pathology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital under CAP guidelines.
• International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories: A Division of the American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP). An organization dedicated to promoting and improving biobanking throughout the world. ISBER has developed best practices for Biobanks to improve and standardize sample collection and storage.
• Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research (OBBR): The National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health has a vested interest in quality sample collection to promote cancer research for federally funded research. To this end, the National Cancer Institute Best Practices for Biospecimen Resources was published in June of 2007.