Tag: Health
Sydney Children’s Hospital Celebrates Twenty-Five Years of Biobanking to Understand Paediatric Cancer
For a quarter of a century and ongoing, thousands of patients treated at The Children's Hospital at Westmead (CHW) have played a vital role in advancing global knowledge about pediatric cancer via Biospecimen Research Services.
Originally established as the first...
Criobanca Marche Biobank Launched to Develop Personalized Medicine Against Rare Diseases
The Marche Biobank project co-financed by the Marche Region and by a partnership of Marche Universities and companies successfully celebrated one of the most significant moments recently: the inauguration of the Criobanca Marche Biobank during a major event held...
Denmark, Lithuania and Switzerland Strengthen Biobanking Research Infrastructure in Europe
Denmark, Lithuania and Switzerland have been officially confirmed as members of the Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure - European Research Infrastructure Consortium (BBMRI-ERIC). Lithuania and Switzerland moved from Observers to full Members and Denmark joined as an Observer.
Membership...
Culmination Bio Partners with Cofactor Genomics to Utilize the U.S. Largest Biobank for PREDAPT...
Culmination Bio, a recently established Intermountain Health Company, and Cofactor Genomics, a company specializing in predictive diagnostic immunotherapy, recently announced a strategic partnership. The aim of this collaboration is to utilize samples and data from one of the nation's...
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...
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...
Ziath Acquired by Azenta
Sample management specialists - Ziath (www.ziath.com) announced their acquisition by Azenta Inc (Burlington, MA, USA).
Founded in 2005, the Ziath range of innovative 2D barcode readers are a key component of the laboratory automation workflow serving pharmaceutical, biotech and academic customers worldwide.
"As...
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...
Biobank Helps Researchers Better Understand Victorians’ Immune Responses to COVID-19 and the Vaccines Efficacy
The Victorian COVID-19 Vaccinees Collection (VC2), established at the Doherty Institute in May 2021, has collected hundreds of participants' saliva and blood samples both before and after vaccinations and infections, providing a resource for crucial investigations into variants, immunity and vaccines...
