Biobanking is considered to be one of the ten ideas changing the world with an estimated value of $45 billion by 2025. Despite the challenges, as the climate for innovation in the biobanking industry continues to flourish around the world, it is certain that amazing discoveries will emerge from this large-scale method of preserving and accessing human samples; biobanking is no longer just a place for collecting and storing samples. This book will cover a wide variety of subjects from across the future biobanking spectrum including scientific strategies, personalized medicine, regenerative medicine and stem cell challenges, disease surveillance, population genetics and innovative methods of biobanking.
Pertinent Issues in Cryopreservation of Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells: Protecting Biological Integrity
Feridoun Karimi-Busheri, Aghdass Rasouli-Nia, and Michael Weinfeld
Cryopreservation: Evolution of Molecular Based Strategies
John M. Baust, William Corwin, Kristi K. Snyder, Robert Van Buskirk, and John G. Baust
Fundamental Principles of Stem Cell Banking
Changbin Sun, Jianhui Yue, Na He,Yaqiong Liu, Xi Zhang, and Yong Zhang
Biobanking: An Important Resource for Precision Medicine in Glioblastoma
Si Yan Melanie Tan, Edwin Sandanaraj, Carol Tang, and Beng Ti Christopher Ang
Slow Cooling Cryopreservation Optimized to Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
Takamichi Miyazaki and Hirofumi Suemori
Cryopreservation in Closed Bag SylI