PMID- 28353261 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180208 LR - 20180516 IS - 1940-6029 (Electronic) IS - 1064-3745 (Linking) VI - 1590 DP - 2017 TI - Information Management. PG - 29-39 LID - 10.1007/978-1-4939-6921-0_4 [doi] AB - The collection and storage of human tissue samples has been undertaken in medicine for centuries; however, biobanking has only recently become a dedicated activity. The technological developments that have allowed the procurement and long-term storage of viable human cells ex vivo, and to obtain relevant scientific information, including genetic information, provide tremendous possibilities for advancing biomedical research. At the same time, these possibilities have raised complex information management issues regarding samples, processing, donor information, traceability, and use of the sample. This chapter considers the requirements for managing information within biobanks, critical to their operation. Special consideration is given to Laboratory Information Managing Systems (LIMS) as a tool for comprehensive access and storage of information. FAU - Labarga, Alberto AU - Labarga A AD - Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, University of Granada, Gardana, Spain. FAU - Beloqui, Izaskun AU - Beloqui I AD - StemTek Therapeutics, Kabi612, Parque Tecnologico de Bizkaia, Astondo Bidea s/n, 48160, Derio, Spain. FAU - Martin, Angel G AU - Martin AG AD - StemTek Therapeutics, Kabi612, Parque Tecnologico de Bizkaia, Astondo Bidea s/n, 48160, Derio, Spain. agmartin@stemtektherapeutics.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review PL - United States TA - Methods Mol Biol JT - Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) JID - 9214969 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Biological Specimen Banks/*standards MH - Biomedical Research/standards MH - Humans MH - Information Management/*standards OTO - NOTNLM OT - Biobank OT - ISO OT - International Standards Organization OT - LIMS OT - Laboratory Information Managing Systems EDAT- 2017/03/30 06:00 MHDA- 2018/02/09 06:00 CRDT- 2017/03/30 06:00 PHST- 2017/03/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/03/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/02/09 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/978-1-4939-6921-0_4 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Methods Mol Biol. 2017;1590:29-39. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6921-0_4.