Contributing to an Autism Biobank
A lot of autism research has focused on finding genes that might cause autism. To conduct these genetic studies, researchers have created ‘biobanks’ – collections of biological samples (such as …
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Spanish Researchers Open First Biobank of Living Brain Tissue
At 18 Spanish hospitals, when a patient with brain metastasis undergoes surgery, they can donate a tiny part of their brain to the first repository of brain metastasis living samples …
Swedish Embassy Launch MUHAS Biorepository
THE Swedish Embassy has launched the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS)’s biorepository and an innovation incubation hub at the Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH)’s Mloganzila in order to …
ILRI training on Africa indigenous chicken biobanking
Farmers from eastern and Central Africa have nothing to worry about their valued Africa indigenous chicken which has constantly faced extinction threats due to disease, genetic problems, breeding cessation, or …
Mater Biobank Donors Lead Fight Against Ovarian Cancer
Researchers at Mater Hospital Brisbane are encouraging women with gynaecological cancers to donate to the state’s only live tissue biobank in a bid to improve patient outcomes. The South Brisbane …
Biobanks: Safeguarding Biodiversity and Preserving Hope
Biobanking is the preservation of biological materials, such as cryopreserving cells, gametes, and tissues. By freezing viable materials, we secure future access to genetic diversity and simultaneously aggregate a vast …
Abu Dhabi to launch biobank for stem cell and tissue treatments
Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, has endorsed plans to use human stem cells and tissues to develop personalised medical research. He approved the scheme at a …
Biobank for Children with Genetic Muscle Diseases
The National Muscle Disease Bio-databank, co-led by Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Monash University and Alfred Health, will advance research into understanding why children develop genetic muscle diseases. The project forms …
Biobanking as a Newsletter – Sept 2023
Here is your monthly curated pick of biobanking news, jobs, and events from across the globe. We hope you will find this enriching and valuable. Please do let us know …
Revolutionizing Cancer Research: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Digital Biobanking
Biobanks are vital research infrastructures aiming to collect, process, store, and distribute biological specimens along with associated data in an organized and governed manner. Exploiting diverse datasets produced by the …