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With the very recent (2005/6) introduction of the European Directive on cell and tissue banking, a paradigm shift is taking in raising standards on all aspects of tissue banking from procurement to processing, from storage to clinical usage. A number of monographs have appeared giving guidance on GMP and quality systems that should be adhered to. There are also good guidelines on the significance of the new regulations that have been enacted.

However, there is a significant lack of information on the scientific basis and rationale on why tissue banking practices have developed the way they have. Many of them have developed without much validation and have been in use for many years, copied from one tissue bank to another.

There are some good articles on some scientific aspects of tissue banking practices, but they are in relatively old and somewhat obscure journals. It is my intention to get a series of eminent experts to each write a chapter or two on the up to date scientific and medical basis of tissue banking practices. To my knowledge, there is no such book in existence. Moreover in the modern world of tissue banking, safety of tissues has taken an increasingly important role as has appropriate use of tissues (including clinical governance). I intend to cover these areas as well.

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