Tag: Biomarkers
DwarnaBio – A National Population-Based Biobank Launched by University of Malta
The University of Malta is announcing the launch of DwarnaBio, a national population-based biobank, that aims to serve as a resource for genomic research in the Maltese population. Population-based biobanks are critical research instruments in the fields of both common...
Large-scale Biorepository Being Established to Better Understand the US Military Musculoskeletal Conditions
Researchers with the Musculoskeletal Injury Rehabilitation Research for Operational Readiness (MIRROR) program at Madigan Army Medical Center (Madigan) are developing a biorepository, with the potential to be the most comprehensive musculoskeletal biobank within the Department of Defense (DoD). The MIRROR...
UW – Madison Launches New Ophthalmology Tissue Biobank for Eye Diseases Research and Treatments
The University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS) has entered into a new partnership aimed at systematically collecting, storing, processing and distributing human eye tissue for research purposes. The new ‘tissue biobank’ will provide investigators with high-quality...
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Launches High-Tech Automated Biobank to Safeguard Critical Biospecimens
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has opened a state-of-the-art automated biobanking system that can store as many as 10 million biospecimens, including blood and body fluids, tissue, and genetic and protein material, at temperatures down to minus 80 degrees Celsius. The “BioStore”...
Reliable Ultra-Low Freezers for the Storage of Cancer Biomarkers
The use of tumour markers to diagnose, assess prognosis, and select a suitable cancer treatment has become possible due to the development of inexpensive and user-friendly molecular analysis tools such as the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Maintaining the integrity...
OncoHost Collaborates with Lung Biobank Heidelberg to Discover Lung Cancer Biomarkers
OncoHost, a global leader in next-generation precision oncology for improved personalized cancer therapy, recently announced a research collaboration with Lung Biobank Heidelberg, a member of BioMaterialBank Heidelberg (BMBH) and the German Center for Lung Research (DZL). The collaboration involves the systematic...
Markers Of “Immune Hot” Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
According to the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER), the incidence of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus (EAC) is greatest in Caucasians, but is also prevalent in other ethnicities and mainly affects people over...
Biobanking Science: CSF Biomarkers for Neurological Diseases
Biobanks can help in the search for biomarkers to diagnose brain diseases. Neurological diseases can be difficult to diagnose as they may have overlapping symptoms. Furthermore, there are currently no diagnostic tests for diseases such as Amylotrophic lateral sclerosis...
Patent-Pending Biosensor And Method For Detecting Early Stage Alzheimer’s Developed
Scientists from Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), in Germany have developed a test using two biomarkers that can detect Alzheimer’s (AD) at an early stage. The method was developed from samples banked from 61 disease control patients and 39 AD cases,...
ALS Biomarker Study At Massachusetts General Sponsored By Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. (MTPA) has announced
a collaboration with the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Neurological
Clinical Research Institute (NCRI) to conduct a study designed to identify and
measure specific biomarkers in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Established in 2016, based...
