title: Establishment and early development of the Tissue Bank at Hradec Králové.
abstract: A short history of the early development of the first European tissue bank dealing with the legislation, organization, manufacturing of 12 kinds of tissue graft preserves used in four continents, education, research, organization of scientific meetings and publications is given. Mentioned are also other branches of biological objects banking attached to the tissue bank.
authors.affiliation: Transplantion Center, Charles University Faculty of Medicine and Faculty Hospital.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Klen
mesh_terms: D018153:Czech Republic; D049673:History, 20th Century; D014015:Tissue Banks / Q000266:history*