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and funded by the Carlos III Institute of Health (2014- • Oviedo University
2017) was constituted, with participation of the main • Center for Molecular Biology Severo Ochoa
biobanks in the country, both hospital and non-hos- • CEU San Pablo University
pital, including BT-CIEN. PRNBB mission is to create a • Cajal Institute (CSIC)
stable organizational structure that allows the coor- • National Center for Biotechnology
dinated activity of participating biobanks in the co- • Aragon Health Research Institute
llection, management and transfer of biological • Georg-August University. Germany
samples of human origin. Before concluding its pe-
riod of activity in December 2017, the PRNBB rene- At the end of 2017, the number of donations accu-
wed its commitment to the ISCIII for a new funding mulated by BT-CIEN was 567, of which around 50%
period, 2018-2020. The BT-CIEN has played a promi- correspond to cases with a primary neuropathologi-
nent role in the R&D&I Program of the PRNBB. More- cal diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.
over, since 2012 the BT-CIEN has the ISO 9001/2008
quality certification, which was renewed in 2016. Team
The BT-CIEN registry had 656 registered donors by De-
cember 31, 2017. During 2017, the Department of Neuropathology
staff was composed of the following personnel:
Up to 97 cases were processed in the Neuropatho-
logy laboratory during 2017, with the following distri- Dr. Alberto Rábano
bution depending on the origin: (MD, PhD, Pathology),
Head of Department and BT-CIEN
54 donations from the External Program. Elena Gómez Blázquez
24 donations from the Internal Program (Pathology Technician)
19 consultation cases Izaskun Rodal González
Pathology Technician)
According to these data, the number of donation Laura Sáiz Auz
cases extracted and processed entirely in the UIPA (simple management technician).
in 2017 amounted to 78, which is slightly lower than Valentina González Álvarez
that obtained in 2016. The increase in donations from (biologist, quality program and special
the Internal Donation Program is noteworthy, with samples).
123 total donations until the end of 2017. From February 2017.
Mario Lozano Enguita
In 2017, the average post-mortem interval obtained (Pathology Technician).
is 5.5 hours, which is within the range of those obtai- Until June 2017.
ned in recent years. María Concepción García Otero
(Grad. Psychology, Neuropsychology).
The research centers that have received samples Until September 2017.
from BT-CIEN during 2017 have been: Virginia Guerra Martín
(Grad. Psychology, Neuropsychology).
• Functional Unit for Research in Chronic Diseases Until October 2017.
/ ISCIII

• School of Medicine. University of Castilla-La
Mancha, Albacete.

• School of Medicine. University of La Laguna

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