The term “biobanking” is often misapplied to any collection of human biological materials
(biospecimens) regardless of requirements related to ethical and legal issues or the …

Large-scale volunteer databanks (LSVD) have emerged from the recognized value of
cohorts, attracting substantial funding and promising great scientific value. A major focus is …

Obesity increases the risk of several diseases, including kidney stone disease (KSD). The
study aimed to explore the relationship between KSD and various obesity-related indices. A …

This paper analyses how precision has become a ubiquitous prefix in medicine, agriculture
and education. The accompanying imagination in each of these domains is that “data” will …

Abstract The Amphibian Conservation Action Plan (ACAP), published in 2007, is a formal
document of international significance that proposed eleven relevant actions for global …

After a century of use in human infection, the preparation and administration of therapeutic
bacteriophages (phages) still relies on ad hoc partnerships of researchers, biotech …

Background Organoid technology is emerging rapidly as a valuable tool for precision
medicine, particularly in the field of Cystic Fibrosis (CF). However, biobank storage and use …

Background Despite their lack of protein-coding potential, long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs)
and circular RNAs (circRNAs) have emerged as key determinants in gene regulation, acting …

Abstract The Taiwan Biobank (TWB) is a biomedical research database of biopsy data from
200 000 participants. Access to this database has been granted to research communities …

Biobanks provide a platform for innovative biomedical research and has improvised
translational and personalized medicine to a great extent. Time 2009 published 10 ideas …