Tag: Biobank Data
Cross-Biobank Study Shows How Phenotype Capture Can Shape Genetic Findings
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Heritability estimates differed across biobanks: SNP-based heritability for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease varied significantly between UK Biobank, Geisinger MyCode and the NIH All...
NIH Prize Highlights Tool for Assessing Biobank Data Quality
Biobank Data Quality Assessment: PGRM measures how reliably DNA biobank data reproduces established genetic associations.
Curated Genomic Reference Resource: Tool includes 5,879 phenotype-genotype...
UK Biobank Launches World’s Largest Study of Blood Proteins
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The study will measure 5,400 proteins in 600,000 samples, offering an unprecedented understanding of protein-level changes over mid-to-late life and their impact on...
AminoChain Secured $7 Million Funding to Revolutionize Biobanking with Blockchain Technology
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AminoChain is using blockchain technology to develop a decentralized biobank, aiming to improve transparency and accessibility in medical data sharing.
The startup's first...
UK Biobank Receives £16 Million Investment from Amazon Web Services and UK Government to...
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AWS provides £8 million worth of cloud computing storage to UK Biobank, enhancing data management and AI capabilities.
The UK government matches this...
Nightingale Health to Enhance Biobank Research with New Kaiser Permanente Agreement
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Nightingale Health collaborates with Kaiser Permanente to analyze 50,000 blood samples using advanced biomarker technology.
This initiative enhances one of the US's...
Cloud Hosted LIMS – 10 Things to Know Before You Jump
Autoscribe Informatics (A Xybion Company) took the opportunity in a recent webinar to discuss the much-misunderstood subject of cloud hosted laboratory software solutions. Laboratory...
First Indigenous-Led Tribal Data Repository Awarded $9 Million Funding from NIH
In a significant stride toward improving Indigenous health, the US National Institutes of Health has granted $9 million to establish the first tribal data...
BBMRI-ERIC Launches the Innovative Federated Platform that Benefits both Biobanks and Researchers
The biobanking community has made a significant leap forward with the launch of the Federated Platform, an initiative driven by BBMRI-ERIC. This platform introduces...
UIC’s Brain Bank Receives $5 Million NIH Grant for Citywide Research on Epilepsy and...
The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) is leading a pioneering project to establish a virtual brain bank, collaborating with four other prominent Chicago academic...
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University of Western Australia Launches Human Milk Research Biobank
New research collection: UWA's WA Human Milk Biobank has collected more than 1,000 samples and has capacity for more than 100,000.
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