The ” Biobank of skeletal muscle , peripheral nerve , DNA and cell culture ” is part of the UOD and Rare Neuromuscular Diseases and was set up with the aim of collecting and storing biological samples , making them available for research purposes and for possible both for diagnostic purposes when new scientific knowledge allow a nosographic that at the time of storage was not possible .

Since 1999 is partly funded by the Telethon Foundation ( Project GTB12001 From 2013 for a period of 5 years – Telethon Network of Genetic Biobanks