Human biospecimens have played a crucial role in scientific and medical advances.
Although the ethical and policy issues associated with biospecimen research have long …

BACKGROUND Most errors in a clinical chemistry laboratory are due to preanalytical errors.
Preanalytical variability of biospecimens can have significant effects on downstream …

Mendelian randomisation (MR) studies allow a better understanding of the causal effects of
modifiable exposures on health outcomes, but the published evidence is often hampered by …

Biobanks play an increasing role in contemporary research projects. These units meet all
requirements to regard them as a one of the most innovative and up-to-date in the field of …

The convergence of two rapidly developing technologies-high-throughput genotyping and
electronic health records (EHRs)-gives scientists an unprecedented opportunity to utilize …

The decision to use 10% neutral buffered formalin fixed, paraffin embedded (FFPE) archival
pathology material may be dictated by the cancer research question or analytical technique …

From a research perspective, the interest in biobanking continues to intensify. Governments
and industry have invested heavily in biobanks, as exemplified by initiatives like the United …

Along with rapid advances in human genomics, policies governing genomic data and
clinical technologies have proliferated. Stakeholder engagement is widely lauded as an …

The Mass General Brigham Biobank (formerly Partners HealthCare Biobank) is a large
repository of biospecimens and data linked to extensive electronic health record data and …

The use of electronic medical record data linked to biological specimens in health care
settings is expected to enable cost-effective and rapid genomic analyses. Here, we present …