Fecal Biobanking Holds Promises for Colorectal Cancer
The gut plays a crucial role in determining our overall health and how we respond to medical treatments. It is home to a vast array of microorganisms, collectively known as …
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Hubrecht Institute and UMC Utrecht Develops Head and Neck Cancer Organoids Biobank
Researchers from the Organoid group (Hubrecht Institute) and UMC Utrecht have developed a biobank with organoids derived from patients with head and neck cancer (HNC). They used this biobank to …
OpenSpecimen v10.1 released
We are pleased to announce that v10.1 is ready for download! This release includes new features, usability enhancements, and bug fixes requested by customers. New features include: New tokens at …
Atlantic Health System Biobank Shares First Human Tissue Specimen for Research
Atlantic Health System has shared the first samples of human tissue through a new partnership between the state-of-the-art Atlantic Health BioBank and the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Cooperative Human Tissue …
Stanford CVI Biobank Invests iPSCs to Further Research
Banking, which includes the saving and loaning of resources for one’s own and others’ benefits, has a known history of over 4,000 years. Biobanking continues this historical framework, but within …
Biobanking as a Newsletter – Apr 2023
Here is your monthly curated pick of biobanking news, jobs, and events from across the globe. We hope you will find this enriching and valuable. Please do let us know …
Allelica Partners with Taiwanese Biobanks to Perform Breast Cancer Polygenic Risk Score Analysis
Allelica, the leading provider of polygenic risk score analysis technology, announced that it has joined forces with the Taiwanese precision medicine provider, SP BioMED, to perform a polygenic risk score …
Estonian Biobank Joins DARWIN EU® Network to Support Europe’s Public Health
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has chosen the University of Tartu as one of the data partners for the DARWIN EU® network. This partnership marks the beginning of a collaborative …
DwarnaBio – A National Population-Based Biobank Launched by University of Malta
The University of Malta is announcing the launch of DwarnaBio, a national population-based biobank, that aims to serve as a resource for genomic research in the Maltese population. Population-based biobanks …
Australia’s National Brain Cancer Biobanking Awarded A $6 Million Grant
Brain cancer is a devastating disease that takes the life of more children and adults under 40 than any other cancer. These grant funds will support the development of Australia’s …