Mayo Clinic’s Living Breast Biobank
Mayo Clinic’s Living Breast Biobank has proved invaluable in a recent breakthrough study that demonstrates a novel mechanism through which female carriers of the BRCA1 gene may be at increased risk for …
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Cryopreservation of Stem Cell-Laden Hydrogels
Tissue engineering involves the transplantation of stem cell-laden hydrogels as synthetic constructs to replace damaged tissues. However, their time-consuming fabrication procedures are hurdles to widespread application in clinics. Fortunately, similar …
NIH Launched INCLUDE Data Hub for Down Syndrome Research
The INCLUDE (INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE) Project Data Coordinating Center (DCC) recently launched the INCLUDE Data Hub, a free-to-use, one-of-a-kind online tool for sharing, collecting and analyzing data specifically about …
Acutelines: University of Groningen establish biobank to understand acute diseases
When you are on your way to the emergency room with sirens wailing, you feel that things are serious. But how does the doctor know what to do when so …
Striking Biological Gold
Since the very beginning of the pandemic, the Harvard Medical School-led Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness, or MassCPR, has been connecting scientists at different institutions with biospecimens for SARS-CoV-2 research. Now, MassCPR is …
Phenomix Sciences Launches Obesity Biobanking Registry
Phenomix Sciences launches its biobanking registry, marking the first obesity registry to study the impact of personalized treatment based on phenotyping. The impact of this biobanking registry and the data it will yield has the …
OpenSpecimen is now SOC2 Type 2 Certified
“Achieving Type II certification is a big milestone for us. It affirms our commitment to the security, availability, and processing integrity of the OpenSpecimen platform. We are extremely thankful to …
Qatar Biobank Laboratories Re-accredited with CAP Certificate
Qatar Biobank, a member of Qatar Foundation, staff have successfully achieved the re-accreditation of the CAP certificate for two new years, starting from 2022. This certificate has been granted to …
What happens in a blood cancer biobank?
Blood cancers such as acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), multiple myeloma (MM), and chronic lymphoid leukaemia (CLL) are very rare and complex diseases. They vary greatly between patients and are very different at the genetic, …
CHA Medical & Bio Group to Build High-tech Biobank
CHA Medical & Bio Group has begun construction on its cell gene biobank (CGB), housing a variety of high-tech pharmaceutical treatments, manufacturing, and research facilities at Pangyo in Seongnam, Gyeonggi …