Abstract
BBMRI-ERIC, the Biobanking and BioMolecular Resources Research Infrastructure-European Research Infrastructure Consortium, is a new form of umbrella organization for biobanking in Europe. For rare and common diseases alike, it aims at providing fair access to quality-controlled human biological samples and associated biomedical and biomolecular data. Such access enables basic mechanisms underlying diseases to be studied, which is indispensable for the development of new biomarkers and drugs. In the context of the European Research Area (ERA), biobanks, which were identified as a particular European strength, contribute to Europe’s cohesion policy through capacity-building in the BBMRI-ERIC member countries.
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BBMRI-ERIC (Forschungsinfrastruktur für Biobanken und Biomolekulare Ressourcen – das Europäische Forschungsinfrastrukturkonsortium) ermöglicht neue Formen des Managements von Biobanken in Europa. Sowohl für seltene als auch für häufige Erkrankungen bildet BBMRI-ERIC eine Schnittstelle für einen gerecht geregelten Zugang zu qualitätskontrollierten humanbiologischen Proben und deren assoziierten biomedizinischen und biomolekularen Daten. Dies ermöglicht die Untersuchung der allgemeinen Mechanismen, die vielen Krankheiten zugrunde liegen und ist unersetzlich für die Entwicklung neuer Biomarker und Medikamente. Im Kontext des Europäischen Forschungsraumes (ERA) sind Biobanken bereits mehrfach als besondere europäische Stärke hervorgehoben worden. Sie sind fester Bestandteil der Europäischen Kohäsionspolitik – insbesondere im Zusammenhang mit der Kapazitätsbildung in den BBMRI-ERIC-Mitgliedsstaaten.
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Mayrhofer, M., Holub, P., Wutte, A. et al. BBMRI-ERIC: the novel gateway to biobanks. Bundesgesundheitsbl. 59, 379–384 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-015-2301-8
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