Posted: January 16, 2013
Source: GEN | Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Author: Kathy Liszewski Biological materials collected from patients provide critical sources for a host of applications that include basic research, drug discovery and validation, and even companion diagnostics. Thus, collecting, maintaining, and tracking biological specimens stored in repositories require development of rigorous standardized operating procedures (SOPs). Key [...]
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Posted: November 29, 2012
Indy Biologistics Company Leads ‘Rescue Mission’ After Sandy The images of destruction left behind by Hurricane Sandy are hard to forget; less visible to most, but top of mind for scientists, were thousands of delicate refrigerated and frozen biological samples-the fruits of decades of research-at risk of being destroyed when Manhattan lost power. However, a [...]
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Posted: December 19, 2011
Source http://www.drugdiscoverynews.com By: Greg Swanberg, CEO, BioStorage Technologies Properly managing biospecimens and their associated data has become an increasingly important component of today’s drug development and discovery process. Today, biomaterials such as whole blood, human tissue, DNA and RNA serve as the foundation for translational research that holds the promise of bringing personalized therapeutics from [...]
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