Newswise — Throughout the history of Alzheimer’s disease research, key discoveries have depended on banked brain tissue. As scientists look to earlier stages of the disease to research prevention, brain banks are in more demand than ever. Around the world, brain banks are combining their holdings into large online databases and standardizing protocols for processing tissue to make it easier for researchers to find the material they need. At the same time, government and public support for banks has dwindled, leaving these institutions scrambling to find funds to expand their collections and maintain databases. Alzforum’s three-part series explores the need for banked tissue (Part 1), describes the large brain bank networks now in existence around the world (Part 2), and highlights resources specific to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease (Part 3).
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