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3. ACTIVIDAD CIENTÍFICA DE LA UIP3A. SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY

CIEN Foundation Tissue Bank (BT-CIEN) especially groups from the Center for Networked Re-
search in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED).
Since its opening in May 2010, the CIEN Foundation One of the missions of BT-CIEN is to promote the cre-
Tissue Bank (BT-CIEN) has traveled a path of growth ation of new neurological samples biobanks whe-
and consolidation in the field of Spanish Neuros- never donors and researchers demand them. The
cience, supporting national and international rese- Region of Murcia Brain Bank (BCRM), the Neurologi-
arch groups and maintaining close contact with cal Tissue Bank from the Institute of Neuroscience of
neurological disease patients and relatives associa- Castilla y León (BTN-CyL) and the of Queen Sofia Uni-
tions. versity Hospital Biobank from Cordoba are active
The number of registered donors in the BT-CIEN re- examples of this commitment.
gistry has continued to grow every year, as has the
tissue donations made at our Center within our In- In 2013, the BT-CIEN has been accredited by the
ternal Donation Program, which involves residents of Council of Health of the Region of Madrid, accor-
the Queen Sofia Foundation Alzheimer Center ding to what is established in the Royal Decree
(CAFRS), and the External Donation Program, that in- 1716/2011 on Biobanks, and registered in the Natio-
volves donors from the Region of Madrid and other nal Registry of Biobanks of the Carlos III Institute of
Regions. Health.

There is also an increasing number of research In January 2014 the Biobanks National Network Plat-
groups applying for biological samples from BT-CIEN, form (PRNBB, for its acronym in Spanish), promoted

Distribution of donation cases by origin in 2017

Internal donations Consultations External donations Total

150

122 115 125

120 99 12 103 12 14

97

9 8 87
43 42 11 24
90 53

42 47 5
54 19

60 12 69 71

14 54
20
30 48 57 48 60

3 7 11 28
9

0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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