The Human Biomedical Research Act (HBRA) of Singapore regulates all research that involves human biospecimen in Singapore. Institutions or individuals aiming to establish a biobank under SingHealth must adopt best practices from established biobanks and ISBER. Recently, the team from SingHealth published a poster explaining the “Best Practices for Establishing a Biobank in Singapore Research Institution.” Stages […]
The Winship Cancer Institute Clinical Trial office (CTO) conducts high-quality clinical trials involving cancer patients. It conducts over 250 clinical trials enrolling roughly 800 patients per year. In May 2016, they adopted OpenSpecimen as their biobanking LIMS to manage their biospecimens due to its highly configurable features including REST APIs to integrate with . Refer to […]
Most biobanks struggle with improving “utilization ratios” of their collections. The utilization ratio is the ratio of the specimen collected vs. distributed – which is critical for a biobank’s “sustenance.” SpecimenCatalog helps with sharing biospecimen data with researchers. It provides an easy-to-use interface for researchers to look for specimens of interest and submit requests. Catalogs […]
This month in 1792, the US Postal Service was created! Postage cost between 6 and 25 cents, depending on the distance your parcel needed to travel! The Postal Service Act, signed by George Washington on February 20th, transformed the Constitutional Post, a fledgling mail delivery service run by Benjamin Franklin, into an official department of […]
Research in precision medicine requires a continuous supply of high-quality biospecimens. But as the saying goes- “Garbage in garbage out”, meaningful conclusions from the studies can only be drawn when the researchers are assured that the materials used in their research were of good quality. A survey(1) conducted by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) funded cancer […]
Customer Speak “We were looking for a robust and structured system that is able to manage our biobank in a constructive way. We chose OpenSpecimen as the system was able to be customized to our specific needs and the developers, Krishagni were dedicated to biobanking and had a vast depth of experience that we could […]
Here is your monthly curated pick of biobanking news, jobs, and events from across the globe. Fresh of the Press Australian biobank repatriates hundreds of ‘legacy’ Indigenous blood samples Clinical trials planned for brain tumor ‘GPS’ maps at Case Western Reserve University Geisinger’s biobank surpasses 250,000 patients NIH establishes Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Consortium AI shows promise for breast cancer […]
What do you plan to do for the holidays? Meet family, vacation, foreign trip, or my favorite- “do nothing”? Do let us know or better send us some pictures. Before you go, here is your monthly curated pick of biobanking news, jobs, and events from across the globe. Fresh of the Press: NIH launches first […]
The short answer is Yes. However, it is important to note that the software itself cannot be compliant. Rather, it is the implementation and use of software that determines compliance. It is achieved only when a study has the procedures, policies, documentation, training, and validation that meets Part-11 requirements. An FDA auditor will review all […]
I read an article recently about why once in a while “doing nothing” is important and that is why Christmas is my favorite time. Better than Diwali or any of the other 100s of festivals we Indians observe. Simply because you all, my dear customers, will be away. That too, all at the same time! It […]
