The challenges faced by living stock collections in the USA.
review · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 28266913.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.24611 and PMC identifier 5376150.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
Many discoveries in the life sciences have been made using material from living stock collections. These collections provide a uniform and stable supply of living organisms and related materials that enhance the reproducibility of research and minimize the need for repetitive calibration. While collections differ in many ways, they all require expertise in maintaining living organisms and good logistical systems for keeping track of stocks and fulfilling requests for specimens. Here, we review some of the contributions made by living stock collections to research across all branches of the tree of life, and outline the challenges they face.
Medical subject headings
- Biological Specimen Banks