Opening of the Bio Bank of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

The research deputy of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences said: “The Bio Bank of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences is unique in terms of its design and has the capacity of 26 minus 80 degrees refrigerators.”

In a conversation with WEBDA, on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of several technological projects, Dr. Tafaghodi said: “The bio bank is a valuable repository of biological samples.”

He continued: "The samples of patients who are suffering from cancer or fetal abnormalities are kept in the bank, and further tests, genetic assessments and biological evaluations will be carried out on these individuals in the future."

The research deputy of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences said: “This bio bank can be used for cohort studies or to study health monitor of the staff, and the blood samples of the health monitoring center will be kept there for 10 years in order to carry out biological investigations in the future.”

Dr. Tafaghodi stated: “The bio bank is unique in design in the country, with 26 minus 80 degrees refrigerators, two nitrogen tanks, a laboratory, a freezer refrigerator of minus 20 degrees in size of 9 square meters, eight-degree refrigerator with dimensions of two square meters with specific application of any means to hold biological samples.”

He emphasized: “The center is set to be active with focus and no other banks will be present in the university’s centers, and samples are to be kept there. In fact, the cohort, bio bank and clean rooms are the infrastructure of the university in the field of technology and clinical studies on humans.

Dr. Tafaghodi mentioned bio bank as a connect registry and said: “The area of this center is 200 square meters and about 400 million tomans have been paid for equipping and building the center.”