Genetic alterations of CDX1, CYLD and CDKN2B genes in CRC by Seyed Mohammad Taghi Hamidian, Rezvan Azadi, Pooya Rostami, Farnaz Azar Shabe, Zeynab Khazaee Kohparc

“…Materials and Methods: Specimens of CRC from 72 individuals with confirmation of pathology report, were provided and bought from the Biobanks. Real-time PCR was used to examine the expression of CDX1, CYLD, and CDKN2B genes in tumoral and non-tumoral tissues. …”
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Big data in corneal diseases and cataract: Current applications and future directions by Darren S. J. Ting, Darren S. J. Ting, Darren S. J. Ting, Rashmi Deshmukh, Daniel S. W. Ting, Daniel S. W. Ting, Marcus Ang, Marcus Ang

“…Within the field of ophthalmology, there is a rapidly expanding pool of large clinical registries, epidemiological studies, omics studies, and biobanks through which big data can be accessed. National corneal transplant registries, genome-wide association studies, national cataract databases, and large ophthalmology-related EHR-based registries (e.g., AAO IRIS Registry) are some of the key resources. …”
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Detection of Biomarkers with Solid-Phase Proximity Ligation Assay in Patients with Colorectal Cancer by Lana Ghanipour, Spyros Darmanis, Ulf Landegren, Bengt Glimelius, Lars Påhlman, Helgi Birgisson

“…BACKGROUND: In the search for prognostic biomarkers, a significant amount of precious biobanked blood samples is needed for conventional analyses. …”
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Practical tips to using formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue archives for molecular diagnostics in a South African setting by Barbara S. van Deventer, Lorraine du Toit-Prinsloo, Chantal van Niekerk

“…Background: Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue archives in hospitals, biobanks, and others offer a vast collection of extensive, readily available specimens for molecular testing. …”
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<i>All of Us</i> and the Promise of Precision Medicine: Achieving Equitable Access for Federally Qualified Health Center Patients by Carolyn P. Neuhaus, Danielle M. Pacia, Johanna T. Crane, Karen J. Maschke, Nancy Berlinger

“…The United States National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) <i>All of Us</i> (AoU) initiative recruits participants from diverse backgrounds to improve the makeup of biobanks, considering nearly all biospecimens used in research come from people of European ancestry. …”
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The Prognostic and Predictive Value of Melanoma-related MicroRNAs Using Tissue and Serum: A MicroRNA Expression Analysis by Mitchell S. Stark, Kerenaftali Klein, Benjamin Weide, Lauren E. Haydu, Annette Pflugfelder, Yue Hang Tang, Jane M. Palmer, David C. Whiteman, Richard A. Scolyer, Graham J. Mann, John F. Thompson, Georgina V. Long, Andrew P. Barbour, H. Peter Soyer, Claus Garbe, Adrian Herington, Pamela M. Pollock, Nicholas K. Hayward

“…We measured the expression of a panel of 17 microRNAs (miRNAs) (MELmiR-17) in melanoma tissues (stage III; n = 76 and IV; n = 10) and serum samples (collected from controls with no melanoma, n = 130; and patients with melanoma (stages I/II, n = 86; III, n = 50; and IV, n = 119)) obtained from biobanks in Australia and Germany. In melanoma tissues, members of the ‘MELmiR-17’ panel were found to be predictors of stage, recurrence, and survival. …”
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OCMA: Fast, Memory-Efficient Factorization of Prohibitively Large Relationship Matrices by Zhi Xiong, Qingrun Zhang, Alexander Platt, Wenyuan Liao, Xinghua Shi, Gustavo de los Campos, Quan Long

“…However, the GRMs and genotype matrices provided by modern biobanks are too large to be stored in active memory. …”
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The relationship between adipokine levels and bone mass—A systematic review by Darren Mangion, Nikolai P. Pace, Melissa M. Formosa

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Pre-analytical sample quality: metabolite ratios as an intrinsic marker for prolonged room temperature exposure of serum samples. by Gabriele Anton, Rory Wilson, Zhong-Hao Yu, Cornelia Prehn, Sven Zukunft, Jerzy Adamski, Margit Heier, Christa Meisinger, Werner Römisch-Margl, Rui Wang-Sattler, Kristian Hveem, Bruce Wolfenbuttel, Annette Peters, Gabi Kastenmüller, Melanie Waldenberger

“…Many omics studies take advantage of biobanked samples to meet this need. Most of the laboratory errors occur in the pre-analytical phase. …”
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The concept of General Consent in Switzerland and the implementation at the University Hospital Zurich, a cross-sectional study by Alexandra Griessbach, Annina Bauer, Francisca Jörger Lebet, Regina Grossmann

“… BACKGROUND: General Consent (GC) allows the further use of health-related data/samples for multiple, unspecified research projects and/or for the collection in databases and biobanks in Switzerland. The application of General Consent in the context of human research is regulated within the scope of the Human Research Act. …”
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Integrating questionnaire measures for transdiagnostic psychiatric phenotyping using word2vec. by Aaron Sonabend W, Amelia M Pellegrini, Stephanie Chan, Hannah E Brown, James N Rosenquist, Pieter J Vuijk, Alysa E Doyle, Roy H Perlis, Tianxi Cai

“…We utilized nine self-report symptom measures drawn from a large cellular biobanking study that enrolled individuals with mood and psychotic disorders, as well as healthy controls. …”
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High reproducibility of histological characterization by whole virtual slide quantification; an example using carotid plaque specimens. by Joyce E P Vrijenhoek, Bastiaan G L Nelissen, Evelyn Velema, Kristy Vons, Jean-Paul P M de Vries, Marinus J C Eijkemans, Hester M den Ruijter, Gert Jan de Borst, Frans L Moll, Gerard Pasterkamp

“…OBJECTIVE:Tissue biobanks are an important source for discovery and validation studies aiming for new proteins that are causally related with disease development. …”
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Personalization: the future of medical cannabis? by Patrycja Kurowska, Wojciech Giermaziak

“…Especially since in Poland there is no proper law regarding genetic testing and biobanking... The other thing is that Cannabis flos, like other herbal medicinal products, can cause drug-drug interactions. …”
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Impact of storage conditions on the quality of nucleic acids in paraffin embedded tissues. by Daniel Groelz, Christian Viertler, Daniela Pabst, Nadine Dettmann, Kurt Zatloukal

“…Furthermore, biomedical research and biomarker development critically relies on using long-term stored PET from medical archives or biobanks to correlate molecular features with long-term disease outcomes. …”
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Quality of DNA extracted from saliva samples collected with the Oragene™ DNA self-collection kit by Nunes Ana P, Oliveira Isabel O, Santos Betânia R, Millech Cristini, Silva Liziane P, González David A, Hallal Pedro C, Menezes Ana M B, Araújo Cora L, Barros Fernando C

“…<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Large epidemiological studies in DNA biobanks have increasingly used less invasive methods for obtaining DNA samples, such as saliva collection. …”
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Effect of storage and temperature on two biochemical analytes (creatinine and urea) in pooled serum samples stored at -20°C by Nilesha Vilas Vernekar, Vanishree Basavraj Jabannavar

“…Optimal storage of serum specimens in biobanks for long time for multicenter reference interval studies remains to be determined. …”
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Reduced leukocyte mitochondrial copy number in metabolic syndrome and metabolically healthy obesity by Rachel Agius, Rachel Agius, Nikolai Paul Pace, Nikolai Paul Pace, Stephen Fava, Stephen Fava

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Cardiogenic shock and tumor resection due to cardiac synovial sarcoma: a case report by Ingeborg M. Keeling, Manuela A. Aschauer, Ameli E. Yates

“…Systematic inclusion of patients in multicenter initiatives, including biobanking, is necessary. Better knowledge of genetic defects relevant to these cardiac tumors will promote accurate diagnoses and suggest novel and personalized gene-based therapies.…”
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Personalized Critical Care Medicine (Review) by A. M. Golubev

“…The analysis of literature has demonstrated positive results of implementing PM principles in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of critically ill patients. Creation of Biobanks, development of training programs and regulatory documentation, advancing the scientific research, introduction of new methods of diagnosis and treatment will contribute to the implementation of PM principles in practical healthcare.…”
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Study design of DIACORE (DIAbetes COhoRtE) – a cohort study of patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 by Dörhöfer Lena, Lammert Alexander, Krane Vera, Gorski Mathias, Banas Bernhard, Wanner Christoph, Krämer Bernhard K, Heid Iris M, Böger Carsten A

“…Blood samples are obtained for a centrally analyzed standard laboratory panel and for biobanking of aliquots of serum, plasma, urine, mRNA and DNA for future scientific use. …”
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