title: Start-up of a clinical sample processing, storage and management platform: organisation and development of the REDinREN Biobank.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The creation of the Biobank, a resource pertaining to the Spanish Renal Research Network (REDinREN) promotes advances in clinical research on kidney disease in Spain. The Biobank's aims are to generate an archive of clinical samples and associated data, furnish those samples to research teams, and coordinate with European biobanks.
  
  
  METHODS
  Applicable legislation had to be complied with in order to launch the Biobank project (Biomedical Research Law, Data Protection Law and Biological Sample Transport Regulations). A strict work protocol and a new database for the Network's clinical data were also implemented.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Over time, the Biobank has acquired additional infrastructure and qualified personnel. In 2010, 2953 new patient samples were collected, giving a total of 37,043 stored vials containing different types of samples. Furthermore, the Biobank is currently participating in eleven research projects.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although the Biobank was originally designed for REDinREN use, we must take joint action to make this biological sample storage system and the many possibilities it offers available to the entire nephrological community with a view to promoting kidney disease research.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain. laura.calleros@uah.es
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Calleros
authors.forename: María A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cortés
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luengo
authors.forename: Inés
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mora
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Guijarro
authors.forename: Paloma
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Martín
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ortiz-Arduán
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Selgas
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Puyol
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Puyol
mesh_terms: D018070:Biological Specimen Banks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D035843:Biomedical Research; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases; D013030:Spain