It’s the cancer version of “mini-me.” Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Professor David Spector, among others, has developed organoids, which are miniature, three-dimensional copies of cancers. Organoids can be derived …
Monash University has officially launched Australia’s first industry-focused storage facility for biological material to support medical research and commercialization opportunities. Biobanking Victoria is a state-of-the-art facility that provides a valuable …
COMBINEDBrain puts advocacy groups in the driver’s seat in the race to cure rare neurodevelopmental diseases. Patient advocacy foundations representing more than thirty rare genetic neurodevelopmental disorders join forces as …
The storage of biomaterials from DNA and RNA to hair and fingernails has numerous benefits. The most obvious is that patients do not have to repeatedly donate samples, which can …
Here is your monthly curated pick of biobanking news, jobs, and events from across the globe. This edition includes two new biobanking blogs and a recording of our recent webinar …
Qatar Foundation’s Equine Veterinary Medical Centre has announced the launch of its biobank, which will focus on the genetic preservation, long-term storage, and retrieval of biological samples from horses. Named …
The term “biobank” refers to an organized collection of biological samples stored at low temperatures, donated by groups of people. Along with the information regarding donors, this tool serves as …
A new biobank at Macquarie University will collect patient data on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a form of dementia caused by repetitive brain injury, with the aim of diagnosing and …
Qatar Biobank, a member of Qatar Foundation (QF), has enrolled nearly 30,000 participants, as part of its medical health research initiative to improve the health of the local population through …
Introduction As technology and informatic expanded, scientific research has moved from laboratory research to translational research. We are in an era where clinicians, researchers, and patients collaborate to learn about …