Virtual global biorepository: access for all to speed-up result-oriented research
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Virtual global biorepository: access for all to speed-up result-oriented research Awanish Kumar
Received: 15 October 2019 / Accepted: 28 March 2020 Ó Springer Nature B.V. 2020
Abstract Biorepositories have been established and used for the collection, storage, and distribution of biological materials for research and improving health. The terms ‘‘biobank’’ and ‘‘biorepository’’ are often used interchangeably, and they have been employed for more than a century to maintain and reallocate the biospecimens. The biorepository begins with the aim of data collection and the expected future use of human biological materials/specimens. Biorepository on cancer, diabetes, infectious disease, neurological disorders, syndromes are established but they are located in the developed world. To make it a universally accessible virtual global repository is required. A virtual biobank is an electronic database of biological specimens and other related information that exists effectively, independent of where the actual specimens are stored. Virtual biorepositories could be consortia of national or international repositories, that can provide source material and data to researchers in any part of the world which is urgently needed and highly meaningful for result-oriented research in global health care. Keywords Virtual repository Need Current scenario Challenges Global health care
A. Kumar (&) Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology, GE Road, Raipur, Chhattisgarh 492010, India e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
The need for virtual biorepository Recently, virtual biorepositories have emerged as a feasible option for the widespread sharing of research resources globally. A virtual biorepository is an electronic database of biological samples and other related information that is independent of where the actual specimens exist virtually (De Souza and Greenspan 2013). Dispersed individual biobanks were established on various diseases such as allergy, asthma, autoimmune disease, cancer, diabetes, infectious disease, inflammatory disease, neurological disorders, and syndromes as well as healthy controls. Core collections of these repositories include biological samples from patients in terms of patient’s tissue, whole blood, WBC, PBMC, plasma, serum, DNA, RNA, urine, saliva, etc. The samples vary by types and complexity and only location-specific researcher can access it. Therefore, to increase the accessibility and research output concept of virtual biorepositories has emerged recently as a viable option for more broadbased sharing of research resources (De Souza and Greenspan 2013). It allows virtual biorepositories to bring together a widely dispersed collection of biospecimens, associated genetic information and other background data into one virtual location for ease of access by researchers in different parts of the world. Virtual biobanks can efficiently and quickly help researchers to locate specific biospecimens
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