Biological Specimen Banks
"Biological Specimen Banks" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Facilities that collect, store, and distribute tissues, e.g., cell lines, microorganisms, blood, sperm, milk, breast tissue, for use by others. Other uses may include transplantation and comparison of diseased tissues in the identification of cancer.
| Descriptor ID |
D018070
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N02.278.065
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| Concept/Terms |
Biological Specimen Banks- Biological Specimen Banks
- Specimen Banks, Biological
- Bank, Biological Substance
- Banks, Biological Substance
- Biological Specimen Bank
- Substance Bank, Biological
- Substance Banks, Biological
- Biological Substance Banks
- Bank, Biological Specimen
- Banks, Biological Specimen
- Specimen Bank, Biological
- Biological Substance Bank
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 2018 | 17 | 12 | 29 |
| 2019 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2020 | 14 | 12 | 26 |
| 2021 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Biological Specimen Banks" by people in Profiles.
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Predictions, Pivots, and a Pandemic: a Review of 2020's Top Translational Bioinformatics Publications. Yearb Med Inform. 2021 Aug; 30(1):219-225.
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Machine learning approach to dynamic risk modeling of mortality in COVID-19: a UK Biobank study. Sci Rep. 2021 08 19; 11(1):16936.
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Personalized health and the coronavirus vaccines-Do individual genetics matter? Bioessays. 2021 09; 43(9):e2100087.
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Shorter leukocyte telomere length is associated with adverse COVID-19 outcomes: A cohort study in UK Biobank. EBioMedicine. 2021 Aug; 70:103485.
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Pre-analytical sample handling effects on blood cytokine levels: quality control of a COVID-19 biobank. Biomark Med. 2021 08; 15(12):987-997.
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Remote history of VTE is associated with severe COVID-19 in middle and older age: UK Biobank cohort study. J Thromb Haemost. 2021 10; 19(10):2533-2538.
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Cohort profile of Acutelines: a large data/biobank of acute and emergency medicine. BMJ Open. 2021 07 15; 11(7):e047349.
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A longitudinal SARS-CoV-2 biorepository for COVID-19 survivors with and without post-acute sequelae. BMC Infect Dis. 2021 Jul 13; 21(1):677.
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Biological Aging Predicts Vulnerability to COVID-19 Severity in UK Biobank Participants. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2021 07 13; 76(8):e133-e141.
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Increasing adiposity and the presence of cardiometabolic morbidity is associated with increased Covid-19-related mortality: results from the UK Biobank. BMC Endocr Disord. 2021 Jul 03; 21(1):144.