The Nordic countries have a long tradition of large-scale biobanking and comprehensive, population-based health data registries linkable on unique personal identifiers, enabling follow-up studies spanning many decades. Joint Nordic biobank-based studies provide unique opportunities for longitudinal molecular epidemiological research. The purpose of the
Eero, Pukkala +22 more
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Rationale, design, and preliminary results of the Iran-premature coronary artery disease study (I-PAD): A multi-center case-control study of different Iranian ethnicities [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Premature coronary artery disease (CAD) is still prevalent worldwide and may differ in various ethnicities. Due to the presence of different ethnicities in Iran, the Iran-premature coronary artery disease (I-PAD) study aimed to determine the
Ehsan Zarepur +10 more
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Biobanks and Public Health: A New Challenge for Public Engagement and Trust [PDF]
Modem biobanks should be considered as important structural platforms for sharing samples and data, providing benefits that go beyond those of a single study.
Luciana Caenazzo, Pamela Tozzo
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Norovirus (NoV) is recognised as a major cause of epidemic and sporadic acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in all age groups. Information on the genetic diversity of the NoVs circulating in the 1980s and 1990s, before the development and adoption of dedicated molecular assays, is limited compared to the last decades.
Floriana Bonura +10 more
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An annotated and illustrated identification guide to common mesophotic reef sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae, Hexactinellida, and Homoscleromorpha) inhabiting Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and vicinities [PDF]
Sponges are recognized as a diverse and abundant component of mesophotic and deep-sea ecosystems worldwide. In Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary region within the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, sponges thrive among diverse biological and ...
Maria Cristina Díaz +7 more
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Development of an Integrated Biospecimen Database among the Regional Biobanks in Korea [PDF]
ObjectivesThis study developed an integrated database for 15 regional biobanks that provides large quantities of high-quality bio-data to researchers to be used for the prevention of disease, for the development of personalized medicines, and in genetics
Hyun Sang Park, Hune Cho, Hwa Sun Kim
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Establishment of the Seoul National University Prospectively Enrolled Registry for Genitourinary Cancer (SUPER-GUC): A prospective, multidisciplinary, bio-bank linked cohort and research platform [PDF]
Purpose: To establish a prospective, comprehensive, multidisciplinary, bio-bank linked genitourinary cancer cohort based on standard real practice. Materials and Methods: We established the Seoul National University Prospectively Enrolled Registry for ...
Chang Wook Jeong +14 more
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The Role of Biobanks in the Fight against COVID-19 Pandemic: The Portuguese Response
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Saba Abdulghani +21 more
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Introduction Transdiagnostic dimensional phenotypes are essential to investigate the relationship between continuous symptom dimensions and pathological changes.
Jonathan Vogelgsang +10 more
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Common Data Model and Database System Development for the Korea Biobank Network
The importance of clinical information related to specimens is increasing due to the research on human biological specifications being conducted worldwide.
Soo-Jeong Ko +6 more
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