Tag: Cardiovascular
Stanford CVI Biobank: A Growing Library of Human iPSC Lines for Cardiovascular Research
Banking has been around for more than 4,000 years and involves saving and lending resources for personal and communal benefits. Biobanking, on the other hand, is a modern application of this historical concept, specifically in the field of medical...
University of Florida Diabetes Institute to Establish Novel Biobank to Study Kidney and Cardiovascular...
A major step toward transforming the understanding of cardiovascular and kidney disease in the millions of Americans with diabetes occurred Thursday when the National Institutes of Health designated the University of Florida Diabetes Institute the home for a new biobank...
Coronary Artery Disease Genetic Risk Score: Is It Clinically Useful In Over 45s?
Genomic risk prediction based on polygenic risk scores generated
from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to summarize the contribution of
anywhere between hundreds to millions of genetic variants to determine the risk
of developing multifactorial diseases such as coronary artery disease (CAD). This
could...
Cigarette Associated Cardiovascular Disease And Inflammation In The Guangzhou Biobank
Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of death
(one in five deaths) in the United States. It is also highly prevalent in
China, and globally. Sadly, 90% of all lung cancer deaths can be attributed to
smoking. It also causes 80%...
Preventice Solutions’ BodyGuardian® MINI Remote Cardiac Monitor Selected For UK Biobank Study
Preventice Solutions has received a tender from the UK
Biobank to provide the BodyGuardian® MINI remote cardiac monitor for a
cardiovascular monitoring study involving up to 30,000 participants. The study is designed to capture data on
asymptomatic heart rhythm disturbances (arrhythmia), including...
$1.1M Awarded To Type 2 Diabetes And Heart Disease Research Using Biobank Data
The University of Arizona (UA) Health Sciences includes the UA Colleges of Medicine (Phoenix and Tucson), Nursing, Pharmacy and Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, with main campus locations in Tucson and the growing Phoenix Biomedical Campus...
