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Like in previous years, new projects were incorporated in the platform in 2014, with the inclusion of almost 1100 new samples . This brings the total number of samples to 11696 . Progression in the number of samples since the creation of the platform can be verified in the following graph:
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Several teleconferences between the committee members of this platform has led to an agreement to up- date and improve the protocol for sending samples to the bank, such that any CIBERSAM group can send samples to the platform in a clear and unequivocal manner (http://www .cibersam .es/cibersam/Plataformas/ Plataformas%20de%20Investigaci%C3%B3n/Banco%20de%20ADN/Plataforma%20de%20Banco%20 de%20ADN) . This protocol and documents were approved by all CIBERSAM PIs . The collection has also been officially managed and registered and is now registered in the National Biobank Registry (Instituto de Salud Carlos III) .
The platform is also linked to the CIBERSAM common data bank for better sample characterization and selection (GRIDSAM) . The platform committee updated the procedures for assuring correct identification of samples and the existence of a minimum set of data assuring data use and facilitating data search . Any CIBERSAM group can therefore know the number of patients or controls that comply with a series of cha- racteristics, the CIBERSAM group to which the data belong, the project to which each sample belongs, or if a specific sample is included in several projects .
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