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#1 04-01-09 11:38 pm

bob_2
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8. Biobanks

8. Biobanks <BR> <BR><blockquote><hr size=0><!-quote-!><font size=1><b>quote:</b></font><p>Now that major banks in the U.S. are getting by on a government bailout, the idea of creating yet another repository to safeguard your most valuable assets might seem downright ludicrous. And even irresponsible. But that&#39;s exactly what some federal officials are hoping to do. <BR> <BR>Relax — it&#39;s not your money they&#39;re after. It&#39;s your blood. Folks at the National Cancer Institute &#40;NCI&#41; are heading up an effort to establish the U.S.&#39;s first national biobank — a safe house for tissue samples, tumor cells, DNA and, yes, even blood — that would be used for research into new treatments for diseases. <BR> <BR>...<!-/quote-!><hr size=0></blockquote> <BR> <BR><a href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0%2C28804%2C1884779_1884782_1884766%2C00.html" target=_top>http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article /0,28804,1884779_1884782_1884766,00.html</a>

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