Establishment of a biorepository for migraine research: the experience of Interinstitutional Multidisciplinary BioBank (BioBIM).
The development of Biobanks and recent advances in molecular biology have enhanced the possibility to accelerate translational research studies. The Interinstitutional Multidisciplinary BioBank (BioBIM) is organized in a large healthy donors collection and pathology-based biobanks with the aim to provide a service for development of interdisciplinary studies. A new pathology-based biobank has been organized to specifically collect biospecimen from patients affected by migraine, with the final goal to centralize data, collect blood, plasma, serum, DNA and RNA of patients with this disease. The BioBIM is fully equipped for the automation of sampling/processing, storage and tracking of biospecimens. Standard Operating Procedures have been developed for processing and storage phases as well as archive of clinical data. The availability of biospecimens and clinical data will constitute a resource for various research projects.
Interinstitutional Multidisciplinary BioBank (BioBIM), Department of Laboratory Medicine and Advanced Biotechnologies, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Via Della Pisana 235, 00163, Rome, Italy, raffaele.palmirotta@sanraffaele.it.
Raffaele
R
Palmirotta
Piero
P
Barbanti
Giorgia
G
Ludovici
Gabriella
G
Egeo
Cinzia
C
Aurilia
Luisa
L
Fofi
Maria Laura
ML
De Marchis
Antonella
A
Spila
Patrizia
P
Ferroni
David
D
Della-Morte
Fiorella
F
Guadagni
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018070:Biological Specimen Banks / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008881:Migraine Disorders; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D055815:Young Adult