Tissue bank

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A tissue bank is a repository for human or animal tissue for diagnostic , therapeutic, and scientific purposes.

The corresponding tissue can be obtained both by a biopsy and by a smear .

literature

  • Esther Herpel: Scientific and theoretical foundations of a research-oriented tissue bank . Habilitation thesis, University of Heidelberg 2014.
  • E. Schmitt: Construction and operation of a tissue bank. Infrastructural and qualitative challenges . In: Der Pathologe , Volume 36 (2015), Supplement 2; Pp. 205-209, online ISSN 1432-1963