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Category: Sample Storage


Biobanking 3.0 – How North America Tackles Biorepository Certification

Modern biomedical research relies on a large variety of high quality biospecimens, annotated with precise and detailed metadata. Consequently, biorepositories must secure, and convey to their customers, excellence in all of their operations. Enter two biobanking accreditation and certification programs that include external review. Ensuring High-Quality Data from Biobanked Samples Garbage in, garbage out. In all scientific research, this is […]

How Are Genomic DNA Samples Collected & Stored?

Many branches of modern biological research require the collection of fully intact genomic DNA. Genomic DNA refers to the complete set of DNA within an organism. During the collection process it is often desired to keep the strands of DNA as long and intact as possible. The collection of genomic DNA involves extracting DNA from […]