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  1. Cryogenic technology operates below -150°C.

    It preserves every frozen embryo in every IVF clinic.
    It maintains biobank samples for decades.
    It cooled the COVID vaccines.
    It runs the MRI machine.
    It makes semiconductors possible.

    Cryolab's complete guide to how it actually works:

    cryolab.co.uk/cryogenic-technology-complete-guide/

    #Cryogenics #IVF #Science #Biobanking

  2. New effort will get #genome sequences for entire #EndangeredSpecies list
    Thursday, it was announced all of those species would see their genomes sequenced and tissue samples preserved to aid future conservation. Work will be done by a partnership between two unexpected parties. US gov, which has generally attempted to undercut #EndangeredSpeciesAct as part of its anti-regulatory efforts. It is joined by #ColossalBiosciences, a biotech company, will be #biobanking tissues.
    arstechnica.com/science/2026/0

  3. Für schnellere medizinische Innovation & bessere Therapien: Der German Biobank Node wird Teil des Netzwerks Universitätsmedizin. Das verbessert den Datenaustausch, ermöglicht somit bessere klinische und epidemiologische Studien und ist der nächste Schritt auf dem Weg zur Nationalen #Biobank! #Präzisionsmedizin #Biobanking #Prävention #GBN #NUM

  4. "...reconsent of paediatric participants upon obtaining capacity should be explicit and informed in Canada, and should not be presumed from continued participation alone."

    Our new paper: Reconsenting paediatric research participants jme.bmj.com/content/49/2/106

    #consent #bioethics #cohortstudies #biobanking #healthlaw #ethics

  5. Thursday - looking at how to build the momentum of The Frozen Ark today. #cryopreservation and #biobanking #endangered species samples. #extinction crisis. (#photo #photography - Tim Flach)