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Molecular Portrait of an Athlete

Diagnostics, 2021
Sequencing of the human genome and further developments in “omics” technologies have opened up new possibilities in the study of molecular mechanisms underlying athletic performance.
Kristina A. Malsagova, Tatyana V. Butkova, Arthur T. Kopylov, Alexander A. Izotov, Vladimir R. Rudnev, Mikhail S. Klyuchnikov, Alexander A. Stepanov, Anna L. Kaysheva   +7 more
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Biobanking from the patient perspective [PDF]

, 2015
Biobanks and biobanking research plays an increasingly important role in healthcare research and delivery as health systems become more patient-centred and medicine becomes more personalised. There is also growing acceptance and appreciation of the value
Geissler, Jan, Keulen, Hans, Matharoo-Ball, Balwir, Mitchell, Derick, Parry-Jones, Alison, Schmitt, Doris C., Vavassori, Rosaria   +6 more
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Te Mata Ira—Faces of the Gene: Developing a cultural foundation for biobanking and genomic research involving Māori [PDF]

, 2016
Te Mata Ira was a three-year research project (2012–2015) that explored Māori views on genomic research and biobanking for the development of culturally appropriate guidelines.
Beaton, Angela, Hudson, Maui, Milne, Moe, Port, Ramari Viola, Russell, Khyla, Smith, Barry, Toki, Valmaine, Uerata, Lynley, Wilcox, Phillip L.   +8 more
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Fecal microbiota transplants: Emerging social representations in the English-language print media [PDF]

, 2019
open access articleThis study investigates how English-language news sources have represented fecal microbiota transplants (FMT). FMT involves transferring stool from a healthy donor to a recipient with a dysfunctional intestinal flora in order to ...
Jaspal, Rusi, McLeod, Carmen, Nerlich, Brigitte   +2 more
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Determinants of the willingness to participate in biobanking among Malaysian stakeholders in the Klang Valley

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2018
Background The demand in biobanking for the collection and maintenance of biological specimens and personal data from civilians to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases has increased notably. Despite the advancement, certain issues,
Latifah Amin, Hasrizul Hashim, Zurina Mahadi, Khaidzir Ismail   +3 more
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Biobanks—A Platform for Scientific and Biomedical Research

Diagnostics, 2020
The development of biomedical science requires the creation of biological material collections that allow for the search and discovery of biomarkers for pathological conditions, the identification of new therapeutic targets, and the validation of these ...
Kristina Malsagova, Artur Kopylov, Alexander Stepanov, Tatyana Butkova, Alexandra Sinitsyna, Alexander Izotov, Anna Kaysheva   +6 more
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OntoCAT - a simpler way to access ontology resources [PDF]

, 2010
OntoCAT is an open source package developed to simplify the task of querying heterogeneous ontology resources. It supports local ontologies in OBO and OWL format as well as public repositories NCBO BioPortal and EBI Ontology Lookup Service (OLS).
Despoina Antonakaki, Helen Parkinson, K Joeri van der Velde, Morris Swertz, Niran Abeygunawardena, Tomasz Adamusiak, Tomasz Adamusiak, Tony Burdett   +7 more
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Understanding the impact of spinal cord injury on the microbiota of healthy skin and pressure injuries

Scientific Reports, 2023
Pressure injuries (PI) are a common issue among individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI), especially in the sitting areas of the body. Considering the risk of infections occurring to PI during the wound healing process, the skin microbiome is likely to ...
Reto Wettstein, Ezra Valido, Joel Buergin, Alexander Haumer, Nicole Speck, Simona Capossela, Jivko Stoyanov, Alessandro Bertolo   +7 more
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Biobank Economics and the “Commercialization Problem” [PDF]

, 2013
The economic aspects of biobanking are intertwined with the social and scientific aspects. We describe two problems that structure the discussion about the economics of biobanking and which illustrate this intertwining.
Dallaire-Fortier, Clara, Murtagh, Madeleine J, Turner, Andrew   +2 more
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Harmonizing the COVID-19 sample biobanks: Barriers and opportunities for standards, best practices and networks

Biosafety and Health, 2022
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted the practice of infectious diseases biobanking, as well as existing challenges and opportunities.
Balwir Matharoo-Ball, Mbayame Diop, Zisis Kozlakidis   +2 more
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