Exploring quality standards for nucleic acid preservation

Recent advancements in workflow optimization

Scientists combine medical care with biobanking and research to develop personalized treatments for cancer patients.

Choose the right temperature and storage product for each type of specimen.

A blood biobank allows scientists to study the immune responses to the coronavirus among infected Biogen employees and their contacts.

The East Coast campus of the research institute received shipments of freeze-dried or frozen samples of more than 210,000 microbial strains, which scientists plan to mine for potentially useful natural products.

Luna DNA, Nebula Genomics, and other “bio-brokers” will allow customers to make money by granting access to their genetic and personal information for research purposes.

The nationwide experiment will initially include around 100,000 volunteers.

Michael Christman oversaw the organization’s well-known biobank and pioneered a personalized medicine initiative.

Is the deep uncertainty surrounding fundamental legal and ethical norms putting biobanks in a precarious position? 

STAP retractions; comparing SCNT-derived stem cells with iPSCs; malaria-infected mice more attractive to mosquitoes; stem cell banks face business challenges

The largest collection of genetic and medical data in the United States links telomeres and genetic variants to longevity and disease.

Biomedical research can learn from citizen science, which is grounded in strong relationships with study participants.