Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, have launched India’s first fully annotated, relational, de-identified cancer image bank – CHAVI. This first-of-its-kind research partnership between …
The University of Michigan Precision Health program is launching MY PART, a genetic testing program aiming to collect a more diverse and holistic biorepository for future research. While some U-M …
The Coral Biobank, designed by Contreras Earl Architecture for the Great Barrier Reef Legacy, has been recognized as a leader in sustainable design at the Energy Globe Awards. Currently, in …
Scientists at Simon Fraser University are racing against the clock to save British Columbia’s disappearing kelp forests for future generations. Led by biologist Sherryl Bisgrove and supported by the Pacific …
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)-led Boosting Uganda’s Investment in Livestock Development (BUILD) project has established a biorepository to support livestock sample storage and data management in Uganda. They are …
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Molecular biologist Attili has been a lead researcher and developer of organoids, which are tiny, self-organized three-dimensional tissue cultures derived from stem cells. Organoids have fundamentally opened up a brand …
There are six national centers (6NCs) for advanced and specialized medicine in Japan that conduct basic and clinical research on major diseases that substantially impact national health. Disease-specific bioresources and …
Qatar Biobank, a member of Qatar Foundation (QF), has made significant progress over the past 10 years, with an increase in a number of participants and studies. The flagship Cohort …
MyAfroDNA is a limited liability company that provides a solution to the significant lack of African representation in translational and genomics research. The African-centric biobank offers access to ethically sourced …