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Establishment of a standardized biological sample collection protocol for OPMDs
Jiaao, Yu; Ladeira, Carina; Van Dis, Vera; Costea, Daniela Elena; Villar, Stephanie; Kozlakidis, ZisisThere has been a growing number of clinical studies on OPMDs in recent years, reflecting increasing interest in this field. Among these studies, EU countries have the second-highest number of publications after China. According to a meta-analysis, the prevalence of OPMDs is approximately 3.07%. While surgical diagnosis remains the gold standard, there is currently no standardized protocol for the surgical biops...
Biobanking in the COVID-19 era and beyond: Part 2. A set of tool implementation...
Allocca, Clare M.; Snapes, Emma; Albert, Monique; Bledsoe, Marianna J.; Castelhano, Marta G.; De Wilde, Mieke; Furuta, Koh; Kozlakidis, ZisisThe COVID-19 era has brought about a number of novel challenges for the global biobanking community. An array of diverse tools (e.g., standards, best practices, and plans) exists to support quality and fitness-for-purpose in biobank operations. The International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) COVID-19 Response Task Force has set out to identify needs and gaps in these tools and ma...