Cryopreservation – News and Features

Recent research has provided compelling examples of using semantic web technologies, such as ontologies, to retrieve research-relevant data from biobanks.

Mayo Clinic biobank will support studies in obesity, metabolism and diabetes, all areas of special concern in the Latino population.

Matrix LIMS to be featured at the European, Middle Eastern and African Society for Biopreservation and Biobanking (ESBB) Congress

Recent advances in the technology of molecular biology and genetics have contributed to raise the awareness of the importance of coordinated biobanking activity.

A patient’s informed consent should imply that the patient has received complete information and fully understands its meaning.

Biobanks across South Africa collect and store thousands of biospecimens such as blood, saliva, plasma, and purified DNA?

Studies focus on underlying susceptibilities in minority populations.

Measures effect of time, temperature and preparation methods on DNA and RNA samples.

The global proliferation of disease-based regional and national biobanks for clinical research has triggered a massive interest in long-term sample storage conditions.

The Confederation of Cancer Biobanks (CCB) hosted by the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) is holding a consultation on standards.