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3. ACTIVIDAD CIENTÍFICA DE LA UIP3A. SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY

The number of registered donors in the BT-CIEN re- tute of Neuroscience of Castilla y León (BTN-CyL)
gistry has continued to grow every year, as has the and the of Queen Sofia University Hospital Biobank
tissue donations made at our Center within our In- from Cordoba are active examples of this commit-
ternal Donation Program, which involves residents of ment.
the Queen Sofia Foundation Alzheimer Center
(CAFRS), and the External Donation Program, that in- In 2013, the BT-CIEN has been accredited by the
volves donors from the Region of Madrid and other Council of Health of the Region of Madrid, accor-
Regions. ding to what is established in the Royal Decree
1716/2011 on Biobanks, and registered in the Natio-
There is also an increasing number of research nal Registry of Biobanks of the Carlos III Institute of
groups applying for biological samples from BT-CIEN, Health.
especially groups from the Center for Networked Re-
search in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED). In January 2014 the Biobanks National Network Plat-
form (PRNBB, for its acronym in Spanish), promoted
One of the missions of BT-CIEN is to promote the cre- and funded by the Carlos III Institute of Health (2014-
ation of new neurological samples biobanks whe- 2017) was constituted, with participation of the main
never they are demanded by donors and biobanks in the country, both hospital and non-hos-
researchers. The Region of Murcia Brain Bank pital, including BT-CIEN. PRNBB mission is to create a
(BCRM), the Neurological Tissue Bank from the Insti- stable organizational structure that allows the coor-

Distribution of donation cases by origin in 2015

Internal donation Consultations External donations

150

120 12 12 14

90 9 8
42
60
53 43
30 42 47
3
12 69
0 2007 14 48 57 48 60
28
7 11 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
2008 9 2010

2009

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