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Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 84 avhandlingar innehållade ordet biobank.

  1. 6. Guldgruvan som försvann? : En mediestudie av konflikten kring UmanGenomics och Medicinska biobanken 2001-2006

    Författare :Erik Lindenius; Christer Nordlund; Anna Olofsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; UmanGenomics; Medicial Biobank Umeå; Umeå University; media-mediated controversy; local newspapers; national press; university records; rhetorics; arenas; accusations; metaphor; Media and communication studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; media and communication studies;

    Sammanfattning : Between 2002 and 2006, an ongoing conflict surrounding Umeå-based biotech company UmanGenomics and the Medical Biobank at Umeå University played out in the media. The conflict involved researchers, business leaders, politicians, the university board, journalists and the general public. LÄS MER

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

    Författare :Philippe A Melas; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

  4. 8. 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

  5. 9. The effect of common and rare variants on inflammatory traits and diseases

    Författare :Julia Höglund; Åsa Johansson; Matthew Robinson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; GWAS; inflammation; biomarkers; WES; WGS; NSPHS; UK Biobank; association study;

    Sammanfattning : Genome wide association studies (GWAS) have identified thousands of loci associated to an immense number of traits and diseases. Most associations have been to common variants, but rare variant associations are progressively being reported. LÄS MER

  7. 10. 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