The Infectious Diseases BioBank at King's College London: archiving samples from patients infected with HIV to facilitate translational research

The King's College London (KCL) Infectious Diseases BioBank opened in 2007 and collects peripheral venous blood (PVB) from individuals infected with pathogens including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). PVBs are fractionated into plasmas, lymphocytes and DNA and are then frozen. All donations...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Retrovirology 2009-11, Vol.6 (1), p.98-98, Article 98
Hauptverfasser:	Williams, Rachel, Mant, Christine, Cason, John
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological Specimen Banks Biomedical research Biomedical Research - methods Blood Blood banks Blood donors Donations Ethical aspects Freezing Health facilities Health services Hepatitis HIV HIV infection HIV Infections - prevention & control HIV Infections - therapy Human immunodeficiency virus Humans London Management Medical research Quality control Specimen Handling - methods Teaching hospitals
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Zusammenfassung:	The King's College London (KCL) Infectious Diseases BioBank opened in 2007 and collects peripheral venous blood (PVB) from individuals infected with pathogens including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). PVBs are fractionated into plasmas, lymphocytes and DNA and are then frozen. All donations are from subjects who have given 'open consent' so samples can be used for virtually any type of biomedical research. The HIV component of the BioBank contains samples from over 400 donations from 138 HIV+ patients. Thus, the KCL Infectious Diseases BioBank--together with establishments such as the Spanish HIV BioBank--is likely to expedite translational research into this infection.
ISSN:	1742-4690 1742-4690
DOI:	10.1186/1742-4690-6-98