Samples and data from the MURDOCK Study — the groundbreaking community-based biorepository at Duke Kannapolis — helped to accelerate a recent heart failure discovery by Duke University researchers. A Duke …
Tissue harvesting at the time of surgery offers surgeons and scientists a unique opportunity to discover and better understand disease pathophysiology. Tissue biobanking presents challenges in the form of patient …
The emergence and explosive spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in 2019 highlighted the need to rapidly develop curated biobanks to inform the etiology, diagnosis, and …
QUT has been awarded a $3 million grant to build The Australian Human Microbiome Biobank. Majority of microorganisms from the human microbiome have yet to be cultured in the laboratory. …
We love how the OpenSpecimen community is growing and are thrilled to bring two events in the USA and the U.K. for our current and prospective users. Register for the …
The London Health Science Foundation received a $1-million gift to help improve prostate cancer care at the hospital. The large donation from Lexus of London will go towards supporting the …
The Forever Reef Project is officially opening the doors to its Living Coral Biobank at the Cairns Aquarium. The facility marks the world’s first reef backup facility for Great Barrier …
Connecticut is poised to become a hub for endometriosis research and innovation following the unanimous passage of House Bill 6672, “An Act Concerning Endometriosis,” which creates a first-of-its-kind endometriosis data …
Biobank will help to better understand how a patient’s genetic makeup can impact the safety of their medicines. The biobank pilot will officially begin on 1 June 2023 with participant …
In a modern take on the Victorian gold rush, a Monash University-led project is successfully ‘bioprospecting’ for viruses known as phages that can kill deadly superbugs. The Monash Biomedicine Discovery …