Biobank as a key component of supporting research in phthisiology and infectious diseases

Conducting fundamental and clinical research in the field of tuberculosis is an important step towards reducing related morbidity and mortality, but access to a sufficient number of high-quality samples required for research is an unsolved problem in Russia. This review is devoted to biobanking as a key component of modern research in personalized medicine, as well as to the status and prospects for developing this area in phthisiology and infectious diseases combined with tuberculosis.