An Organoid Model Of The Human Midbrain
In Parkinson’s disease dopaminergic neurons are irrecoverably lost from the midbrain resulting in slowed movement, tremors and other symptoms. Dopamine augmentation is the main treatment for Parkinson’s, however, there is no cure available that can reverse the symptoms, partly...
POPDx: A Machine Learning Model to Predict Diseases of Biobank Participants with Small Datasets
Biobanks – databases with genetic and health information – offer researchers the ability to explore illnesses and study the contributions of genetics and environment to disease trajectory. These investigations have enabled us to draw conclusions about factors ranging from...
UMMC Biobank Accredited by ANAB Under ISO 20387 Program for Biobanking
The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) Biobank has been authorized by the ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) to conduct various biobanking tasks, such as collecting, labeling, processing, preserving, storing, distributing, and supervising biological samples with corresponding clinical information for...
Atlantic Health Biobank Shared Initial Human Tissue Samples via Partnership with NCI’s Cooperative Human...
The state-of-the-art Atlantic Health BioBank has formed a new partnership with the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Cooperative Human Tissue Network (CHTN) - Southern Division, allowing Atlantic Health System to share the initial samples of human tissue.
The CHTN, which is...
Design And Testing Of A Dendritic Cell Therapy Vaccine Against HIV-1
Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) is now a manageable condition, rather than a death sentence, as it once was. This is largely due to the development and commercialization of antiretroviral therapy (ART). In 2010 the annual...
New Biobank in UK Created to Advance Research on Pediatric and Young People’s Cancers
VIVO Biobank is supported by the charities Cancer Research UK and Blood Cancer UK and will provide cancer researchers with a centralised collection of cell and tissue samples from children and young people affected by cancer across the country.
The samples...
Predicting Risk Of Fracture Using Polygenic Risk Score Of Speed Of Sound Through Bone
As we age, the risk of bone fracture increases. Doctors developed the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX), which takes account of age, weight, gender, smoking history, alcohol use and family history of fracture, as an initial approach for managing...
Tampa General Hospital Partners with USF Health to Establish Precision Medicine Biorepository
Tampa General Hospital (TGH) and USF Health is announcing the opening of the TGH | USF Health Precision Medicine Biorepository. The Health Precision Medicine Biorepository is a secure facility that collects, catalogs and stores samples of biological material for medical research.
“The biorepository will drive leading-edge scientific collaboration with the...
Animal Biobanking for Conservation Specialist Group Aims to Establish Global Network for Genetic Resources...
Our world is currently facing a massive crisis of extinction, where the populations of various wildlife species have reduced by an average of 69% since 1970. We are at risk of losing the genetic diversity that is crucial for...
Biobanking Science: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy is one of the most common inherited heart diseases, affecting 1:200 people (1). Patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy have thickened left ventricles which can lead to life-threatening complications such as arrhythmias, heart failure and sudden death (2). Hypertrophic...
