The ability to analyze human specimens is the pillar of modern-day translational research. To enhance the research availability of relevant clinical specimens, the Medical University of South Carolina developed the Living BioBank (LBB) solution, which allows for just-in-time capture and delivery of phenotyped surplus laboratory medicine specimens.
The LBB is a system-of-systems integrating research feasibility databases in i2b2, a real-time clinical data warehouse, and an informatics system for institutional research services management (SPARC). LBB delivers de-identified clinical data and laboratory specimens. The reference implementation of LBB is available at https://LivingBioBank.musc.edu.
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