BioBanking - The Holy Grail of novel drug and diagnostic developments?
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Summary, in English
ABSTRACT: The ever increasing social cost that society pays for illness and disease are currently steadily increasing in many countries in the world today. These changes in society becomes a major financial burden that activates politicians and health care organizations in order to find new solutions. Biobanks are becoming the new powerful modality within the field of modern Life Science, that is expected to be important in the proactive awareness of patient health status. Biobanks are also expected to promote the developments of targeted treatments with personalized indicator assays, for effective use of Personalized Medicine treatments in the near future.
Department/s
Publishing year
2011
Language
English
Publication/Series
Journal of Clinical Bioinformatics
Volume
1
Issue
1
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
BioMed Central (BMC)
Topic
- Medical Engineering
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 2043-9113