Case studies of existing human tissue repositories [electronic resource] : "best practices" for a biospecimen resource for the genomic and proteomic era / Elisa Eiseman [and others]

Case studies of twelve existing human biospecimen repositories performed to evaluate their utility for genomics- and proteomics-based cancer research and to identify?best practices? in collection, processing, annotation, storage, privacy, ethical concerns, informed consent, business plans, operation...

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Corporate Author: Rand Corporation
Other Authors: Eiseman, Elisa
Other title:Human tissue repositories.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, ©2003.
Series:Online Rand research documents.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Methodology
  • Biospecimen Collection, Processing, Annotation, Storage, and Distribution
  • Bioinformatics and Data Management
  • Consumer/User Needs
  • Business Plan and Operations
  • Privacy, Ethical Concerns, and Consent Issues
  • Intellectual Property and Legal Issues
  • Public Relations, Marketing, and Education
  • Findings and Summary of Best Practices
  • Appendix: Interview Instrument for RAND Evaluation of Existing Tissue Resources.