A healthy placenta is essential to a healthy pregnancy—providing oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and other vital support to the fetus. And yet, scientists know surprisingly little about this important organ. “The …
The scientists from the University of Tartu have established the Estonian Microbiome cohort as part of the Estonian Biobank. The cohort includes a stool, oral and plasma samples from 2,509 …
Memphis, a city where 64% of the population is Black, now has one of the largest genetic databases of people with African ancestry in the United States. This winter, researchers …
Here is your monthly curated pick of biobanking news, jobs, and events from across the globe. We have two major announcements to make. First of all, we are now “SOC2 …
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has now entered its third year. Since its inception, it has infected people differently — while some witness severe disease, others are grazed by …
We ended 2021 on a high note with many new customers on board from across the world – USA, Netherlands, Singapore, Australia, etc. The best part is that we won …
The world’s biggest medical imaging study – part of the UK Biobank project – has scanned its 50,000th participant in Newcastle. The vast study collects masses of data on people …
The UK urgently needs a biobank library of human tissue samples so experts can study and find better treatments, or a cure, for “ringing in the ears”, says the British Tinnitus …
Research biobanks and other human research studies that collect and analyze DNA are increasingly confronted with the question of whether and how to return actionable genomic results to individual participants …
In the race to harness medical data for artificial intelligence tools and personalized health care, a new study shows how easily unintentional design bias can affect those efforts. It also …