Tumor Tissue Bank

The Biobank, a tumour tissue repository within the Pathology Institute, is dedicated to gathering samples from diverse diseases for future research purposes. The database is also a component of Israel's national sample database utilised by researchers in a structured and controlled manner under the management and oversight of the Ministry of Health, with the approval of the Institutional Helsinki Committee.

The tumour tissue database offers convenient access to biological samples and relevant clinical data crucial for research requirements. It focuses on acquiring biological samples associated with inflammatory diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, and oncological conditions.

Each donor sample contains tissues from a tumour, non-tumour tissues nearby, blood products (serum, plasma, white blood cells), Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples, as well as epidemiological, pathological, and clinical data.

The database aims to provide a cutting-edge infrastructure for scientific research in Israel's biomedical and biotechnological industry, to foster collaboration among medical centres, academia, and industry locally and globally, and to accelerate research and discoveries in cancer and other diseases at the proteomic, genomic, and molecular levels.

Sheba Biobank is divided into two parts:
1. An institutional sample database exclusive to Sheba doctors and researchers.
2. Part of a national sample database, facilitating sample provision for research, linked to four collection centres in various hospitals: Hadassah, Rambam, Ichilov and Sheba.