Kaauh - Biobank

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About Nourah’s Tissue Biobank

Nourah’s Tissue Biobank offers storage, processing, and servicing for biological samples used in research. These clinical samples are obtained from healthy or ill individuals who had previously given their agreement for the use of their samples in science and research. Databases including molecular, physiological, and structural details pertinent to these collections and accompanying bioinformatics are linked to biological samples. This enables our biobank to satisfy the majority of research requests. Nourah’s Tissue Biobank is a crucial component of the PNU infrastructure supporting departments of research and scientific inquiry. Nourah’s Tissue Biobank is entirely dedicated to maintaining the privacy of donors by anonymizing their data to all the scientist and researchers that access the data and samples.

VISION

To be recognized as a leader center nationally and internationally in research and particular in translational research.

MISSION

To provide a high-quality service in biospecimen depository and medical database to advance research. Also, offers excellent educational and academic opportunities to share knowledge and experience.

SCOPE

The main goal of Nourah’s Tissue Biobank is to provide samples especially tissues for different types of NCDs studies.
Store samples as requested by researchers in the scope of our research priorities.
IRB approval is a must for accepting the research proposal by the Tissue Biobank scientific committees.
Biological samples including but not limited to tumor, fat, muscle, and liver are going to be collected, processed, stored, and distributed for the approved research proposal.
Fetal tissues are excluded from our Biobank for ethical complications.

Objective

To collect, store, process, and distribute biological samples, which are associated with patient’s medical records and epidemiological data.

To provide biological samples that are suitable for conducting cutting-edge clinical and medical research.

To advance medical research activities within and outside PNU by providing resources, samples, and data to the scientific community which will improve the public health of the Saudi population.

To educate, promote, and encourage PNU students in research activities.

To decrease the cost of discarding the extra biological samples.

To develop innovative approaches in specimen collection, processing, and storage.

Maximize researcher access to biological samples and associated data.

Maximize collaborations between researchers within and outside PNU, partner organizations, other research organizations and key stakeholders.

Values

Respect for patients/participant autonomy.

To provide biological samples that are suitable for conducting cutting-edge clinical and medical research.

Respect religious & social values.

Transparency.

Outstanding work ethics.

Privacy and confidentiality.

High quality services.

Collaboration.

Innovation.