A major impediment to scientific progress in Antarctica is access. Its extreme weather, remoteness, and inaccessibility to some regions make the logistics of conducting Antarctic research extraordinarily challenging and expensive. …
The Fox Chase Cancer Center Biosample Repository Facility was recently awarded accreditation from the College of American Pathologists (CAP) based on results of a recent on-site inspection. A biorepository is …
South Africa has launched a central system to coordinate up to a million biological samples collected in the country over the past 200 years and scattered across its universities, research …
Researchers have analyzed image and genomic data from the UK Biobank to find insights into rare diseases of the human eye. These include retinal dystrophies – a group of inherited …
Qatar has stepped up efforts for better medical research to treat specific diseases as well as to understand the human body, as authorities announced the launch of the Tissue Biobank …
The Health Ministry is building collaboration with private pharmaceutical companies to support the establishment of a biobank ecosystem in Indonesia. The ecosystem will enable the collection of different biological samples …
Biobank research may lead to an improved understanding of disease etiology and advance personalized medicine. Denmark (population ~5.9 million) provides a unique setting for population-based health research. The country is …
Bimetra Biobank is the central high quality biorepository of University Hospital Ghent in collaboration with Ghent University (Belgium). Fully operational since 2015 in a new state-of-the-art biobank facility, Bimetra Biobank …
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Researchers with the Musculoskeletal Injury Rehabilitation Research for Operational Readiness (MIRROR) program at Madigan Army Medical Center (Madigan) are developing a biorepository, with the potential to be the most comprehensive …