The Lung Biobank Heidelberg – A 15 Years old Basis for Lung Research

The lung research specimen biobank located at the Thoraxklinik Heidelberg (TK-HD) is an accredited subsidiary (DAP-IS-4153.04 according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17020) of the National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg (NCT), which is integrated into the BioMaterialBank Heidelberg (BMBH). The NCT Tissue Bank is registered with the German Technology and Method Platform for Medical Research Networks (TMF) and the European Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure (BBMRI). Each year about 400 – 500 new tissue specimens and around 1000 new blood samples are collected with high quality using standard o…