Tag: DNA Samples
World’s Largest DNA Biobank Reaches Milestone to Store More than 300,000 Samples
BioVU, Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s biobank, has reached another milestone — deep-freeze storage of more than 300,000 biological samples. Launched in 2007, BioVU is the world’s largest DNA biobank based at a single academic institution.
The samples, which are linked...
Fast and Accurate DNA Sample Selection
Ziath reports how a leading Dutch genome diagnostics lab is using their Mohawk semi-automated tube picker to retrieve DNA samples accurately and rapidly from their extensive biobank.
The Genome Diagnostics Laboratory (AGDx) is centred at the VU Medical Centre in...
New AI Method Makes it Possible to Analyse Cancer Genomes from FFPE Tissue Samples
Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) method that could unlock a research ‘treasure trove’ of cancer genomes from billions of preserved tissue samples stored routinely at hospitals over decades.
The new method makes it possible for the first time...
One of Most Diverse Biobanks in the USA Held by UTHSC and Le Bonheur...
Memphis, a city where 64% of the population is Black, now has one of the largest genetic databases of people with African ancestry in the United States.
This winter, researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and...