Search for dissertations about: "BIOBANKS"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 swedish dissertations containing the word BIOBANKS.

  2. 1. Biobanks and informed consent : An anthropological contribution to medical ethics

    Author : Klaus Hoeyer; Paul Martin; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : Medical ethics; empirical ethics; social anthropology; policy; informed consent; stored human tissue; etik; Ethics;

    Abstract : Background: 1985 saw the beginnings of a population-based biobank in Västerbotten County, Sweden. In 1999, a start-up genomics company, UmanGenomics, obtained ‘all commercial rights’ to the biobank. The company introduced an ethics policy, which was well received in prestigious journals, focusing on public oversight and informed consent. READ MORE

  4. 2. Usefulness of archival biobank samples for genetic epidemiologic studies

    Author : Malin Sjöholm; Malmö Klinisk mikrobiologi; []
    Keywords : formailn-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue; biobank; serum; dried blood spots; plasma; archival samples;

    Abstract : Sweden has a long history of maintaining population-based registries and biobanks. This has resulted in large sample collections with long follow-up and large numbers of prospectively occurring disease endpoints providing an extensive resource for genetic research. READ MORE

  5. 3. Depression : genetic, epigenetic and DNA biobank studies

    Author : Philippe A Melas; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Depression is a disease that has an estimated lifetime prevalence of ~15% and a heritability of ~36%. There is support for a heterogeneous etiology of depression, which includes: a) numerous genetic loci, b) various epigenetic contributors, and c) different environmental risk factors. READ MORE

  6. 4. Predictive Healthcare : Cervical Cancer Screening Risk Stratification and Genetic Disease Markers

    Author : Nicholas Baltzer; Jan Komorowski; Mark Jit; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Bioinformatics; Cervical Cancer; Screening; Computer Science; Algorithmics; Machine Learning; Genetics; SNPs; Rough Sets; Bioinformatics; Bioinformatik;

    Abstract : The use of Machine Learning is rapidly expanding into previously uncharted waters. In the medicine fields there are vast troves of data available from hospitals, biobanks and registries that now are being explored due to the tremendous advancement in computer science and its related hardware. READ MORE

  7. 5. Genetic risk factors in autoimmune Addison's disease

    Author : Maribel Aranda Guillén; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Autoimmune Addison’s disease is the most common form of primary adrenal insufficiency in the Western world. The low prevalence of the disease has hampered large-scale unbiased genetic studies where the entire genome could be examined at once. READ MORE