bank of tissue samples
 

I seem to remember that we talked about depositing samples to facilitate research, well it seems it is happening already

"While not all patient groups can boast this kind of success, smaller organisations can have a significant impact too. When Ginny Mason joined the Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation in 2003, there was a shortage of tissue samples from patients with this condition, which accounts for no more than 5 per cent of all breast cancers. So Mason established a tissue bank which now contains over a hundred samples. "We're not just about raising money," says Mason. "We want to be involved in the whole research process." Another bank of hard-to-obtain samples - breast tissue from normal women - has been set up at the Indiana University Simon Cancer Center, Indianapolis, by advocates."

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/...hemselves.html

Thanks Full of Beans

Useful links.

Where there is a will there is a way?