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biobank

repository of biological samples used for research
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biobank

Summary

biobank ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (50 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • biobank's field of work was biological preservation[2].
  • biobank is a type of biorepository[3].
  • biobank is a type of medical facility[4].
  • biobank's Commons category is recorded as Biobanks[5].
  • biobank's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Biobanks[6].
  • biobank's facet of is recorded as genetic privacy[7].
  • biobank's described by source is recorded as Dictionnaire des biens communs[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include biorepository[3] and medical facility[4].

Why It Matters

biobank ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (50 views/month).[1] biobank has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] biobank is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

China National GeneBank The Biobank Research Unit at Umeå University

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → genetic privacy
    Field of work → biological preservation
    Subclass of → biorepository, medical facility
    Topic's main category → Category:Biobanks
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 10731, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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