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Nordic biological specimen banks as basis for studies of cancer causes and control – more than 2 million sample donors, 25 million person years and 100 000 prospective cancers

Acta Oncologica, 2007
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, Aage, Andersen, Göran, Berglund, Randi, Gislefoss, Vilmundur, Gudnason, Göran, Hallmans, Egil, Jellum, Pekka, Jousilahti, Paul, Knekt, Pentti, Koskela, P Pentti, Kyyrönen, Per, Lenner, Tapio, Luostarinen, Arthur, Löve, Helga, Ogmundsdóttir, Pär, Stattin, Leena, Tenkanen, Laufey, Tryggvadóttir, Jarmo, Virtamo, Göran, Wadell, Anders, Widell, Matti, Lehtinen, Joakim, Dillner   +22 more
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Beyond specimens: linking biological collections, functional ecology and biodiversity conservation

Revista Peruana de Biología, 2018
Several anthropogenic pressures are threatening biodiversity and may increase in the next years, altering ecological processes and ecosystem services. Biological collections offer a rich source of information to develop studies of functional ecology and ...
Dennis Castillo-Figueroa
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Past, present, and future of environmental specimen banks

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 2009
Environmental specimen banks are an essential part of the infrastructure of environmental sciences. They have various functions: (1) evaluation of governmental environmental policy-making and regulations; (2) a resource for animal health evaluation; (3 ...
Kouji Harada, Chan-Seok Moon, Akio Koizumi   +2 more
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Biobanks and Public Health: A New Challenge for Public Engagement and Trust [PDF]

Journal of Biomedical & Clinical Research, 2016
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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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]

ARYA Atherosclerosis, 2020
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, Noushin Mohammadifard, Marjan Mansourian, Hamidreza Roohafza, Masoumeh Sadeghi, Alireza Khosravi, Fatemeh Nouri, Nahid Azdaki, Nahid Salehi, Masoud Lotfizadeh, Nizal Sarrafzadegan   +10 more
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Biospecimen Digital Twins: Moving from a “High Quality” to a “Fit-for-Purpose” Concept in the Era of Omics Sciences

Cancer Genomics & Proteomics, 2023
The growing demand for personalized medicine we are currently witnessing has given rise to more in-depth research in the field of biomarker discovery and, thus, in biological banks that hold the ability to process, collect, store, and distribute “high ...
Umberto Nanni, P. Ferroni, S. Riondino, A. Spila, M. G. Valente, G. Del Monte, M. Roselli, F. Guadagni   +7 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]

ZooKeys, 2023
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, Marissa Nuttall, Shirley A. Pomponi, Klaus Rützler, Sarah Klontz, Christi Adams, Emma L. Hickerson, G. P. Schmahl   +7 more
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Development of an Integrated Biospecimen Database among the Regional Biobanks in Korea [PDF]

Healthcare Informatics Research, 2016
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]

Investigative and Clinical Urology, 2019
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, Jungyo Suh, Hyeong Dong Yuk, Bum Sik Tae, Miso Kim, Bhumsuk Keam, Jin Ho Kim, Sang Youn Kim, Jeong Yeon Cho, Seung Hyup Kim, Kyung Chul Moon, Gi Jeong Cheon, Ja Hyeon Ku, Hyeon Hoe Kim, Cheol Kwak   +14 more
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The Role of Biobanks in the Fight against COVID-19 Pandemic: The Portuguese Response

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2022
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Saba Abdulghani, Ângela Afonso, Mireia Castillo, Javier Martín-Fernández, Inês Franco, Bruna Parreira, Ana Couto, Jácome Bruges-Armas, Ana Maria Rodrigues, Ana Gonçalves, Alexandre Dias, Ionela Toader, Andreia Lopes, Cláudia Faria, Fernanda Marques, João Carlos Sousa, Ricardo Silvestre, Paulo Pereira, Manuel Correia, Luís Maia, Helena Canhão, Sérgio Dias   +21 more
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