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Tissue banking in Asia Pacific region: past, present and future
Aziz Nather1, Foong Shi Yun Mandy2, Tan Ning2
1National University Hospital Tissue Bank, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Health System, NUHS Tower Block Level 11, 1E Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119228, Singapore. aziz_nather@nuhs.edu.sg.
Abstract:
Tissue banking in the Asia Pacific regions is driven by two main forces-firstly the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) via Regional Co-operative Agreement projects and secondly by the Asia Pacific Association of Surgical Tissue Banking (APASTB). This overview is written in three sections: (1) History of tissue banking in individual country in the region. (2) History of APASTB. (3) History of IAEA programme in Asia Pacific region. The current status and future of the tissue banking programme in the region will be discussed.
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