Biobank Ireland is promoting the development of a Hospital Biobank Network throughout the island of Ireland as a bridge between cancer research and care.
- To facilitate (inter)national translational research collaborations that may lead to new tests and better, less toxic treatments for those with cancer
- To enable molecular research on cancer tissue from clinical trials patients identify the best treatment for each individual patient “personalised medicine”
- Researchers will have online access to samples and restricted patient data from participating hospitals, and a fair release process for scientifically and ethically approved projects
- Biobank Ireland recognises the need to have harmonisation in biobanking around the world
- Important research results will be explained to the public
- Biobank Ireland will seek to have the hospital-based Biobank Network funded by government as standard of care
How Our Objectives will be Realised:
- Hospital Biobank Boards
- Research and Ethics Committee approval
- Generic Consent
- Compliance with Data Protection Act
- US National Cancer Institute biobanking guidelines and ISBER best practice procedures
- Standardised technical procedures and informatics across the network’s hospitals
- Database for Online Display of restricted coded data