Semantic, Pedantic or Paradigm Shift? Recruitment, Retention and Property in Modern Population Biobanking

Paradigm Shift or Annoying Distraction

H. Spallek; J. O’Donnell;, M. Clayton; P. Anderson; A. Krueger School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA USA; Department of Restorative Dentistry and Comprehensive Care School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA USA; Center for Dental Informatics School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA USA; Emerging Technologies Libra...

eResearch - Paradigm Shift or Propaganda

eResearch is a concept or word which has come into vogue in academic research circles since 2000. Fundamentally, it is collaborative and interactive research made possible by the Internet and data and computational grids. But like any other new concept, it can and has been abused and misused by people keen to “jump on the bandwagon”. eResearch presents many challenges, both technical and organi...

Recruitment or retention: J-1 visa lessons.

Paradigm Shift or Shifting Paradigm for Type 1 Diabetes

The age of onset of type 1A diabetes is now immunologically predictable (1). Either because of a lack of sufficient understanding of the pathogenesis of type 1A (immune-mediated) diabetes or a lack of effective therapeutics directed at relevant pathogenic pathways (or both), we cannot yet prevent this disease (2). The article by Liu et al. (3) in this issue of Diabetes addresses both issues in ...

Population biobanking and international collaboration.

Population-based biobanks promise to be important resources for genetic research. However, the study of normal genomic variation across populations requires the collection of data and biological samples from individuals on a large scale. While international collaboration has become both a scientific and an ethical imperative, international sharing of data and samples poses many challenges. Sign...