The COVID-19 pandemic reveals the wide-ranging role of biobanks
The pandemic of COVID-19 reached an unprecedented scale in terms of spread and deaths, its mitigation required a joint effort of governments, hospitals, private companies and other organizations. One type of organization that could undertake a major role in the process is biobank – a mediator betwee...
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| author | Dovilė Juozapaitė Mantas Minkauskas Inga Laurinaitytė Martyna Simutytė Laimonas Griškevičius Daniel Naumovas |
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| description | The pandemic of COVID-19 reached an unprecedented scale in terms of spread and deaths, its mitigation required a joint effort of governments, hospitals, private companies and other organizations. One type of organization that could undertake a major role in the process is biobank – a mediator between clinical practice and research. Naturally, biobanks are well equipped to alleviate the burden of a pandemic with their expertise in biospecimen and health information collection, sample preparation and storage, bioethics and project management. Here, we present the participation of Vilnius Santaros Klinikos Biobank (BB VSK), Lithuania in the overall management of the pandemics on the national level. We further discuss the role of biobanks in preparation and management of future pandemics. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-46b7940fc7554ac4a60fcbd45ebd05e52023-09-01T06:57:33ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652023-09-011110.3389/fpubh.2023.12566011256601The COVID-19 pandemic reveals the wide-ranging role of biobanksDovilė Juozapaitė0Mantas Minkauskas1Inga Laurinaitytė2Martyna Simutytė3Laimonas Griškevičius4Daniel Naumovas5Vilnius Santaros Klinikos Biobank, Hematology, Oncology and Transfusion Medicine Centre, Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Vilnius, LithuaniaVilnius Santaros Klinikos Biobank, Hematology, Oncology and Transfusion Medicine Centre, Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Vilnius, LithuaniaVilnius Santaros Klinikos Biobank, Hematology, Oncology and Transfusion Medicine Centre, Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Vilnius, LithuaniaVilnius Santaros Klinikos Biobank, Hematology, Oncology and Transfusion Medicine Centre, Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Vilnius, LithuaniaHematology, Oncology and Transfusion Medicine Centre, Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Vilnius, LithuaniaVilnius Santaros Klinikos Biobank, Hematology, Oncology and Transfusion Medicine Centre, Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Vilnius, LithuaniaThe pandemic of COVID-19 reached an unprecedented scale in terms of spread and deaths, its mitigation required a joint effort of governments, hospitals, private companies and other organizations. One type of organization that could undertake a major role in the process is biobank – a mediator between clinical practice and research. Naturally, biobanks are well equipped to alleviate the burden of a pandemic with their expertise in biospecimen and health information collection, sample preparation and storage, bioethics and project management. Here, we present the participation of Vilnius Santaros Klinikos Biobank (BB VSK), Lithuania in the overall management of the pandemics on the national level. We further discuss the role of biobanks in preparation and management of future pandemics.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1256601/fullCOVID-19pandemicmitigationmanagementbiobankhospital |
| spellingShingle | Dovilė Juozapaitė Mantas Minkauskas Inga Laurinaitytė Martyna Simutytė Laimonas Griškevičius Daniel Naumovas The COVID-19 pandemic reveals the wide-ranging role of biobanks Frontiers in Public Health COVID-19 pandemic mitigation management biobank hospital |
| title | The COVID-19 pandemic reveals the wide-ranging role of biobanks |
| title_full | The COVID-19 pandemic reveals the wide-ranging role of biobanks |
| title_fullStr | The COVID-19 pandemic reveals the wide-ranging role of biobanks |
| title_full_unstemmed | The COVID-19 pandemic reveals the wide-ranging role of biobanks |
| title_short | The COVID-19 pandemic reveals the wide-ranging role of biobanks |
| title_sort | covid 19 pandemic reveals the wide ranging role of biobanks |
| topic | COVID-19 pandemic mitigation management biobank hospital |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1256601/full |
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