Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: human specimens http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Plastic realistic: Medical students to use plastinated human bodies for anatomy learning Nanyang Technological University's (NTU) new medical school will be pioneering the use of plastinated bodies for medical education in Singapore. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-plastic-realistic-medical-students-plastinated.html Other Thu, 23 May 2013 09:00:03 EST news288515525 Study of human specimen collections in the US offers first look at their huge diversity Biobanks are organizations that collect, store and share human specimens (e.g., blood, solid tissues, hair) for research purposes. The rise of the human genome project and of large-scale genetics studies have spurred a dramatic increase in the number of biobanks in the last decade, increasing their importance in biomedical research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-human-specimen-huge-diversity.html Genetics Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:06:42 EST news278593593 Organizing human specimen collections: Getting the best out of biobanks The diversity of biobanks, collections of human specimens from a variety of sources, raises questions about the best way to manage and govern them, finds a study published in BioMed Central's open access journal Genome Medicine. The research highlights difficulties in standardizing these collections and how to make these samples available for research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-human-specimen-biobanks.html Genetics Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:00:01 EST news278272928