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  1. 1. Biobank Research : Individual Rights and Public Benefit

    Författare :Joanna Stjernschantz Forsberg; Stefan Eriksson; Mats G. Hansson; Angus Dawson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Biobank; Ethics; Consent; Returning results; Individual rights; Public good; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to investigate the relationship between individuals and society in the context of healthcare and medical research, more specifically concerning the rights and duties of individuals in regard to biobank-based research. My starting point is that we all have a strong vested interest in improved healthcare, and therefore the possibilities to conduct important research should be optimized. LÄS MER

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

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

    Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Quality of clinical laboratory services in Rwanda

    Författare :Vincent Rusanganwa; Magnus Evander; Anna-Karin Hurtig; Jean Bosco Gahutu; Cecilia Stålsby-Lundborg; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Quality of healthcare; SLMTA; laboratory; diagnostic; Quality management system; Rwanda; Public health; folkhälsa;

    Sammanfattning : Introduction: Poor quality health care is a serious silent public health problem worldwide, resulting in deaths, disabilities and long hospital stays with unnecessary costs. It affects patients in all countries regardless of their level of development. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Deep Regression and Segmentation for Medical Inference from Large-Scale Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Författare :Taro Langner; Joel Kullberg; Anders Eklund; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Magnetic resonance imaging; medical image analysis; neural networks; machine learning; semantic segmentation; deep regression; saliency analysis; uncertainty quantification; UK Biobank; Medical Informatics; Medicinsk informatik;

    Sammanfattning : Large-scale studies, such as UK Biobank, acquire medical imaging data for thousands of participants. With magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), comprehensive representations of human anatomy can be provided for non-invasive assessments of health-related conditions, body composition, organ volumes, and more. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Establishment and applications of a multiple sclerosis biobank : analysis of biomarkers and therapeutic complications in MS

    Författare :Ellen Iacobaeus; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Biomarkers for disease activity and prognosis in multiple sclerosis (MS) are lacking. We established a MS biobank consisting of paired cerebrospinal fluid samples (CSF) and peripheral blood samples from MS patients and controls. LÄS MER