Qatar Biobank Makes Significant Progress Over Ten Years
Qatar Biobank, a member of Qatar Foundation (QF), has made significant progress over the past 10 years, with an increase in a number of participants and studies. The flagship Cohort …
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MyAfroDNA, an African-centric Biobank Aims to Diversify Translational and Genomics Research
MyAfroDNA is a limited liability company that provides a solution to the significant lack of African representation in translational and genomics research. The African-centric biobank offers access to ethically sourced …
Veterans Affairs Holds Largest Data on Black Americans
The Million Veteran Program (MVP), which is run by Veterans Affairs and holds data on over 150,000 Black Americans. Established in 2011, the MVP has enrolled 903,000 contributors and is …
USF Health, Tampa General Hospital Establish Medical Biorepository
Tampa General Hospital and the University of South Florida (USF) Health Morsani College of Medicine are partnering to establish a medical research biorepository. The Health Precision Medicine Biorepository intends to …
Licensing Biospecimens for Cancer Research
Prof. Juergen Scheele, Chief Medical Officer, Innoplexus highlights that healthcare professionals must come together to ensure that licensing of biospecimens for cancer research follows the highest ethical standards and is …
Van Andel Institute’s Biorepository Receives Grant from NCI
Van Andel Institute’s Biorepository is the recipient of a five-year, $7.9 million contract from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, to continue serving as …
Vivo Biobank to Boost Research into Children and Young People’s Cancers
The Universities of York and Newcastle have joined forces with two leading cancer charities to create a new biobank which will provide vital resources for researchers working to prevent, diagnose …
ISBER Launches New Biobank Assessment Tool
The International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) announces the release of the updated ISBER Biobank Assessment Tool (BAT), available at https://www.isber.org/page/BAT. Previously known as the ISBER Self-Assessment Tool, …
Biobanks Are On The Cusp Of Translating Big Data Into New Medicine
The rise of biobanks worldwide promised lots of cheap and plentiful human DNA for scientists to study. In the spring of 2020, as COVID-19 ricocheted around the world, geneticists everywhere …
University of Cincinnati to Learn Causes of Cardiac Arrest Through Biorepository
Each year in the U.S., more than 356,000 sudden cardiac arrests occur. Researchers at the University of Cincinnati hope to learn more about the causes of cardiac arrest through the …