DNA Bank
Encyclopedia
A DNA Bank is a service like a sperm bank
or tissue bank
, where DNA
is extracted from certain patients tissues at the patient's request with medical advice, then frozen and stored indefinitely, so the DNA is available for future testing.
Sperm bank
A sperm bank, semen bank or cryobank is a facility that collects and stores human sperm mainly from sperm donors, primarily for the purpose of achieving pregnancies through third party reproduction, notably by artificial insemination...
or tissue bank
Tissue bank
A Tissue Bank, as used in this article, is a term most commonly used to describe an establishment that collects and harvests human cadaver tissue for the purposes of medical research and education....
, where DNA
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms . The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes, but other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in...
is extracted from certain patients tissues at the patient's request with medical advice, then frozen and stored indefinitely, so the DNA is available for future testing.