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The National Cancer Research Institute's (NCRI) Confederat ion of Cancer Biobanks (CCB) was launched on Tuesday 10th October 2006 at the NCRI Cancer Conference 2006 in Birmingham. onCore UK is proud to have been a founder of the CCB.
The Confederation of Cancer Biobanks (CCB) is a consortium of organisations based in the UK that are involved in the development, management and use of biobank resources for cancer research. onCore UK acts as the secretariat for the CCB on behalf of the NCRI.
The Confederation aims to promote and disseminate a collective view on best practices for biobanks and to promote transfer of knowledge and experiences between banks. While individual banks retain their full autonomy, membership leads to mutual benefit, ensures complementarities, avoids unnecessary competition and ensures a coordinated approach to cancer biosample provision. This will benefit all involved by allowing the sharing of expertise and information, the establishment of harmonised standards for the operation of cancer biobanks and provide a means to access a larger pool of biosamples from the confederated banks.
The initial achievements of the NCRI Confederation of Cancer Biobanks were the drafting of a Memorandum of Understanding for the founder members of the Confederation, and a document outlining the Guiding Principles for the management and operation of a tissue bank / biobank in the contemporary ethical and legal setting.
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