What is the AIRS Network Biobank?
The AIRS Network Biobank is a shared resource spread across several participating centers with distinct and complementary vocations, which bank biological material to high quality standards. Despite the importance of the scientific results obtained using animal models, it is vital for researchers to be able to work on human samples from participants suffering from respiratory diseases, in order to elucidate their causes and mechanisms. The availability of high-quality, well-documented human material in large quantities is essential to improving our understanding of respiratory diseases.
Special features
The unique feature of the AIRS network’s Biobank is the pooling of samples while preserving the individuality of each participating center. This method of operation proposes a virtual bank composed of information relating to samples, which is pooled on a central server, while the samples are stored in each of the centers. This enables researchers to benefit from the full scope of a network of banks operating in common according to established criteria, and to increase the possibility of obtaining rarer samples in certain fields of research thanks to the participation of several centers.