Cold is Gold for COVID-19 Scientists
Whether they were hospitalized at Michigan Medicine, U-M’s academic medical centre, or volunteered to have blood drawn or their nose swabbed by a U-M team after they recovered at home, …
Sharvari Gokhale
Human Biospecimen Procurement Should Be More User Friendly
Pre-clinical research is a particular challenge, and one place to look for new efficiencies is in the procurement of a critical resource—human biospecimens—including biofluids (e.g., blood), viable cells (e.g., immune …
University of Guam Biorepository receives 30,000-specimen coral collection
A biorepository of Micronesian marine specimens at the University of Guam Marine Laboratory is welcoming its largest addition yet—a private collection of around 30,000 coral specimens from Richard Randall, a …
The Hidden Role of Biobanks in Covid-19 Research
Without samples from patients infected with Covid-19, it would have been unachievable to make the genome of SARS-CoV-2 virus genome accessible to the entire scientific community and develop effective vaccines …
Coriell Institute Awarded $4.6 Million from NHGRI to Maintain Biobank
The National Human Genome Research Institute has renewed its collaborative agreement with the Coriell Institute for Medical Research. For another five years, Coriell will continue to manage the NHGRI Sample …
Live Cell Bank at Weill Cornell Medicine for Individualized IBD Therapies
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City believe their leading-edge repository of tissue samples can generate more answers for clinicians who treat children with inflammatory bowel disease. In …
CF Foundation Launches Lung Transplant Biorepository and Patient Registry
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind Cystic Fibrosis Lung Transplant Consortium (CFLTC) Biorepository and Registry. The CFLTC Biorepository and Patient Registry, in collaboration with Cleveland Clinic, …
OpenSpecimen v8.1 Released
OpenSpecimen v8.1 has been released. Below are some of the enhancements included in the release: Specimen Collection Workflow for Clinic Coordinators Specimen Recieve workflow for lab staff Configure screens based …
Covid-19 Biobank by Department of Biotechnology Institute, THSTI
Indian scientists have built one of the world’s largest Covid-19 bio-banks storing over 5,000 samples from SARS-CoV2 patients to support understanding of the disease and help domestic and global research …
Dayton Living Tumor Bank for Pediatric Brain Research
Brain cancer recently passed leukaemia as the deadliest cancer for children. Yet there hasn’t been much progress over the years when it comes to understanding causes and finding treatments. Some …