Biobank Ireland Trust promotes the development of an Irish Hospital Biobank Network to coordinate collection of small samples of cancer and normal tissue and coded patient data from those having a cancer operation. This will facilitate international molecular research collaborations, which may help identify the best treatment for each individual patient - personalised medicine.
Patients are central to Biobanking. By donating suplus tissue from a cancer operation you enable researchers to examine how cancer grows and spreads. Eventually this may lead to better diagnostic tests and treatments for those with cancer. Your samples and data are treated confidentially and are not sold. Bringing research advances into better care takes time and is unlikely to benefit you personally, but your donation will make a difference to others with your disease.
Biobank Ireland Trust has the support of a number of famous Irish celebrities and personalities. Through their efforts, together we are better able to raise public awareness on the role and function of the Biobank Ireland Trust.
Learn who they are and why they support our work.
A welcome message to the Biobank Ireland Trust website from co-founder Professor Eoin Gaffney.
Individualized Therapy: From Dream to
Reality. Lecture by Lance Liotta
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