International ME/CFS Canadian Collaborative Team Conference – Biobanking On The Agenda In Montréal
A Statistics Canada unpublished Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) reports that just over 560,000 patients were diagnosed with ME/CFS in 2015. In Québec, tens of thousands of individuals are affected. The Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Canadian Collaborative Team Conference...
$15 Million Awarded To nPOD – The World’s Largest Biobank Of Pancreatic Tissue
Type I diabetes (T1D) also known as juvenile diabetes, although many adults have T1D, is an autoimmune disease primarily mediated by T-cells that causes the destruction of pancreatic β-cells which produce the body’s insulin hormone. The Network for Pancreatic...
The REDinREN Biobank
Established in 2007, the REDinREN Biobank is a non-profit organisation that hosts a large collection of samples for kidney disease biomedical research. It specialises in quality, order and distribution. It is housed at the University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain...
US Biolab Corporation Biobank
US Biolab Corporation, Inc has a global biobank with access to a diverse range of human biospecimens in various disease states to meet research needs. US Biolab biobank contains more than 500,000 human tissue (FFPE and fresh frozen), tissue...
Biobanking Science: ISBER Best Practices for Biobanks
Biobanks face the challenge of storing and handling many different types of biological samples. Unlike chemicals, biological samples are living. Therefore, it is much more difficult for biobanks to retain the normal structure and function of biological samples throughout...
The Shanghai Zhangjiang Biobank
The Zhangjiang Biobank is located on Li Bing Road in "Zhangjiang Science City", Pudong district, Shanghai, China. It is reported that the biobank is projected to reach a storage capacity of 10 million human derived samples such as human...
The International Agency For Research On Cancer (IARC) Biobank (IBB)
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is part of the World Health Organization (WHO). The aim of the IARC is to promote international collaboration in cancer research. The Agency is inter-disciplinary, converging skills in epidemiology, laboratory sciences...
Biobanking Science: Plastic Tubes Can Contaminate Biobanked Samples
Plastics Can Cause Experimental Errors in Biobanks
Biobanks and laboratories use an array of plastic consumables such as pipette tips, sample storage tubes and cell culture flasks. Plastic consumables are convenient, cost-effective and can be sterile, DNase and RNase free....
Mars Petcare Acquires OptiGen, LLC And Its Extensive Canine Eye Disease Biobank
Mars Petcare a global business serving the health and nutrition needs of almost half the world's pets. With over 75 years of experience, Mars Petcare has developed a portfolio of almost 50 brands, including the leading global pet nutrition...
The UK ME/CFS Biobank – Building A Network
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) is a chronic, fluctuating, neurological condition that causes symptoms affecting many body systems, more commonly the nervous and immune systems. ME affects an estimated 1 in 500 people in the UK, and around 17 million people...
