Abu Dhabi to establish region's first public umbilical cord blood biobank in Masdar City

A biobank scheduled to open next year in Abu Dhabi's Masdar City is set to become a cornerstone of medical research and could store up to five million biological samples and 100,000 stem cells.

The state-of-the-art centre, spanning 2,000 square metres, will house the largest collection of human biomaterials in the region, including blood, saliva and cell samples.