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Biobanks in the Era of Digital Medicine
Author(s) -
Jacobs Gunnar,
Wolf Andreas,
Krawczak Michael,
Lieb Wolfgang
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.941
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1532-6535
pISSN - 0009-9236
DOI - 10.1002/cpt.968
Subject(s) - biobank , key (lock) , medical care , engineering ethics , data science , medicine , business , computer science , engineering , family medicine , computer security , bioinformatics , biology
Digitalization is currently permeating virtually all sectors of modern societies, including biomedical research and medical care. At the same time, biobanks engaged in the long‐term storage of biological samples that are fit for purpose have become key drivers in both fields. The present article highlights some of the challenges and opportunities that biobanking is facing in the current proverbial “era of digitalization.”