ISO 20387:2018: The Key to Quality Biobanking
In the last two decades, clinical research has grown exponentially; therefore, the demand for high-quality biological samples has increased, not to mention the last two years. The most recent pandemic has accelerated the need to optimize and automate processes...
European Commission Launches the European Health Data Space for People and Science
The European Commission launched the European Health Data Space (EHDS), one of the central building blocks of a strong European Health Union. The EHDS will help the EU to achieve a quantum leap forward in the way healthcare is...
New Biobank Law in Sweden will Facilitate Research and Healthcare
The Swedish government decides on a legal council referral where it is proposed that the current Biobanks Act from 2003 be replaced by new legislation. The new bill from the government promotes research and healthcare when unnecessary administration is...
Digitization: Enabling Biobanks Navigate Through Regulatory Challenges
Over the past two decades, there has been an increased need for collecting, curating, storing, and distributing biological specimens to gain specific information into the genetic makeup of diseases . This has sparked the demand for biobanking. Genetic and biomedical...
CloudLIMS’ Complimentary Talk on Regulatory Challenges in Biobanking
Wilmington, Delaware – February 8, 2022, CloudLIMS, a leading provider of laboratory informatics, is pleased to announce its talk at the IBS 2022 Virtual Symposium scheduled on February 22, 2022. Their COO, Shonali Paul, is delivering a talk at the...
Are You Just Seeking Approval: Digging Deep into Biobanking Ethics
This is going to be a bit deep, but bear with me... Biobankers are interested in ethics. To manage our tissue collections we need either approval by an ‘Ethics Board’ or we operate as part of a regulatory system used...
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...
Webinar: COMPLi® HBS Legislation Series : Ukraine
Date/Time: May 12, 7:30-8:30am PDT Register Here Local legislation surrounding the sourcing of human biosamples for research purposes varies greatly around the world. In this webinar we will explore and better understand how Ukraine governs the recruitment, collection, storage and distribution...
Knowledge, Perceptions and Attitude of Egyptian Physicians Towards Biobanking Issues
The complete mapping of the human genome has greatly expanded the ability to better understand the genetic basis of human disease, thus ushering in new era of personalized medicine1. Thus there is a need for the establishment of biobanks...
Identification of Factors that Influence Willingness of Native Americans to Donate Biospecimens: Increasing Equity...
American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people have a long history of lower life expectancy and higher disease burden compared with the general US populationand are more likely to suffer from chronic diseases1. Addressing AI/AN health inequities is a...
