Tag: Data Collection
28 Million Proteomic Data Points on China Kadoorie Biobank Samples Delivered by SomaLogic and...
SomaLogic, Inc., a company renowned for its exceptional expertise in proteomics technology, has recently accomplished the 7,000-plex assay on and delivered data for 4,000 plasma samples obtained from the China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB), which is one of the most...
iSpecimen Expands Biospecimen Provider Network
iSpecimen Inc. (Nasdaq: ISPC) (“iSpecimen” or the “Company”), an online global marketplace that connects scientists in need of biospecimens for medical research with a network of healthcare specimen providers, announced that over the course of the second half of...
Verisense Health Launched to Provide Access to a Digital Biobank of Raw Patient Data
Verisense® Health, Inc. just launched as a digital health software and data management company. It was established with the goal of providing sponsors with cost-efficient access to a digital biobank of longitudinal raw patient data. The new company is...
New Biobank Launched to Facilitate Access to Livestock Samples and Data in Uganda
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)-led Boosting Uganda’s Investment in Livestock Development (BUILD) project has established a biorepository to support livestock sample storage and data management in Uganda. Housed at the National Animal Disease Diagnostics and Epidemiology Centre (NADDEC) in Entebbe, the...
Global Biobank Meta-analysis Initiative (GBMI) Connects Biobanks Together to Enable Better Studies of Genetic...
In 2019, scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, together with colleagues at the University of Michigan and researchers around the world, founded the Global Biobank Meta-analysis Initiative (GBMI) to connect international biobanks in order to enable larger,...
New Study Explores the Use of Blockchain Technology to Protect Indigenous Genomic Data
Genomic data from Indigenous communities plays an important role in understanding an array of diseases; however, this data has often been used without informed consent. A team of UC San Diego researchers—including San Diego Supercomputer Center affiliate Timothy Mackey—recently...
Biobank Acutelines: Patient Smart Data and Biological Samples Collection in the Emergency Room
When you are on your way to the emergency room with sirens wailing, you feel that things are serious. But how does the doctor know what to do when so much is going wrong in the body at once?...
The Need for Patient-Pushed, Real-World Data on Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neurodegenerative diseases, is a collective term for a group of disorders characterized by the progressive neurodegeneration of brain cells, leading to dysfunction(s) and abnormal structure(s) in the central and/or peripheral nervous systems. One of the main causes of neurodegeneration...
