Structured Summary
Abstract
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.
MeSH Record
Classification
Broader headings
Narrower headings
Related Concepts
Knowledge Graph
Drag nodes to rearrange; hover to trace links; click a node to open its page.
MeSH Record
Synonyms
15 entry terms
- Bank, Biological Specimen
- Bank, Biological Substance
- Banks, Biological Specimen
- Banks, Biological Substance
- Biobanks
- Biological Specimen Bank
- Biological Substance Bank
- Biological Substance Banks
- Specimen Bank, Biological
- Specimen Banks, Biological
- Substance Bank, Biological
- Substance Banks, Biological
- Biobank
- Biorepository
- Biorepositories
MeSH Record
Aspects Covered
10 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.
MeSH Record
Indexing Annotation
human or animal material; general or unspecified; prefer specifics; American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) goes here
MeSH Record
History Note
94
MeSH Hierarchy
Tree Number
AMA Style
References
- National Library of Medicine. Biological Specimen Banks. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018070. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018070
- Biological Specimen Banks. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biobank
- Biological Specimen Banks. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q864217