Biospecimen Science

New research collection: UWA's WA Human Milk Biobank has collected more than 1,000 samples and has capacity for more than 100,000. Broader donor...

Repeated longitudinal sampling: Thousands of participants from two established UK cohort studies will provide menstrual fluid samples across three menstrual cycles using specially...

Transcriptomics and RT-PCR relies upon the isolation of RNA, however RNA is relatively unstable compared to DNA due to differences in the chemical structure and the...

Plastic storage tubes are used in laboratories worldwide to store biological and chemical samples, the most typical resin used is Polypropylene. There are many...

Scientists at Scripps Research have reported for the first time that Alzheimer’s patient-derived stem cells, which are engineered to become “mini-brains” for lab research. The organoids...

Diascopic LLC, a medical research company that develops diagnostic technology has secured $225,000 of highly competitive Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding from the National Institute...

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer, affecting 1.8 million new patients and causing 862,000 deaths every year (1). Studies show that eating...

Biobanks can help in the search for biomarkers to diagnose brain diseases. Neurological diseases can be difficult to diagnose as they may have overlapping...

This year has seen a flurry of good news about CRISPR gene editing clinical trials in human patients. CRISPR-Cas 9 is a gene editing...

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia, affecting over 25 million people worldwide and costing more than US$400 billion a year (1)....