A storage facility used to archive biological samples for use in research. Ranging in size from individual refrigerators to warehouses, biobanks are maintained by institutions such as hospitals, universities, nonprofit organizations, and pharmaceutical companies.
Coordinated best practice guidance and a pivot to a forward-looking regulatory approach to emerging biotechnologies can enable neural organoid research to flourish responsibly, protecting ethical standards and public confidence...
UK Biobank is to introduce new data safeguards, after UK health data that it holds was found for sale on a Chinese ecommerce website...
The discovery of new associations between genes and obesity has highlighted the importance of including individuals of non-European ancestry in genetic studies...
Mair Crouch, author of the book 'Medical Genetics and Law: An International Perspective', explains why legal professionals need an understanding of genomics (and vice versa)...
This PET event explored the impact and interplay of three major UK-based genomics and population health research initiatives. This is the first of three in a series of events exploring large-scale biomedical databases and research resources...
Blood biomarkers can improve risk prediction for twelve diseases, over using genomics alone, according to research presented at the European Society of Human Genetics conference...
A biobank scheme will be piloted in England to study links between patients' genomes and their risk of adverse drug reactions...
A genome-wide association study has identified three genetic variants associated with increased risk of polycystic ovary syndrome in Finnish and Estonian women...
Geneticists in the UK have been speaking out against direct-to-consumer DNA testing after concerns over false positive results...
The gene mutation that Dr He Jiankui aimed to emulate in the world's first genome-edited babies, has been linked to increased deaths in later life...
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