Re: caHUB - a world class cancer tissue resource

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> Request for Input on the Biospecimen Procurement Program for the NCI's

> cancer Human Biobank (caHUB)

> http://bit.ly/9729P3

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> " caHUB is a targeted effort to establish a centralized, world class cancer

> tissue resource, with a Comprehensive Data Resource (CDR), a Clinical and

> Anatomic Pathology Team, a Comprehensive Biospecimen Resource (CBR), a Cell

> Culture Resource and associated infrastructure.

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> caHUB will create a collection of diseased and associated normal

> biospecimens with a level of quality and characterization that would be

> difficult to achieve economically or physically by individual or smaller

> collection efforts.

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> By carefully creating a resource of fully characterized and annotated

> biospecimens along with the corresponding RNA, DNA, formalin fixed, paraffin

> embedded tissue blocks and slides of each specimen, caHUB will support

> collaborative research combining the power of multiple analytical platforms

> and technologies across the same set of highly qualified and characterized

> samples.

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> Availability of such a resource will also support and accelerate validation

> studies of potential therapeutic targets and translational markers. "

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> Is this something that the lymphoma research community can support?

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> Do forward to your oncologists - to show that patients are aware of the need

> for collaborative research and centralized resources that can identify and

> validate biomarkers to guide therapy decisions.

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> All the best,

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> ~ Karl

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> Patients Against Lymphoma

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> Patients Helping Patients

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[Guest guest]

here is a research group you an help if you have a computer......its out of the

university of Washington

http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/

>

> Request for Input on the Biospecimen Procurement Program for the NCI's

> cancer Human Biobank (caHUB)

> http://bit.ly/9729P3

>

>

>

> Copying key overview text:

>

>

>

> " caHUB is a targeted effort to establish a centralized, world class cancer

> tissue resource, with a Comprehensive Data Resource (CDR), a Clinical and

> Anatomic Pathology Team, a Comprehensive Biospecimen Resource (CBR), a Cell

> Culture Resource and associated infrastructure.

>

>

>

> caHUB will create a collection of diseased and associated normal

> biospecimens with a level of quality and characterization that would be

> difficult to achieve economically or physically by individual or smaller

> collection efforts.

>

>

>

> By carefully creating a resource of fully characterized and annotated

> biospecimens along with the corresponding RNA, DNA, formalin fixed, paraffin

> embedded tissue blocks and slides of each specimen, caHUB will support

> collaborative research combining the power of multiple analytical platforms

> and technologies across the same set of highly qualified and characterized

> samples.

>

>

>

> Availability of such a resource will also support and accelerate validation

> studies of potential therapeutic targets and translational markers. "

>

> ==

>

>

>

> Is this something that the lymphoma research community can support?

>

>

>

> Do forward to your oncologists - to show that patients are aware of the need

> for collaborative research and centralized resources that can identify and

> validate biomarkers to guide therapy decisions.

>

>

>

>

>

> All the best,

>

>

>

> ~ Karl

>

>

>

> Patients Against Lymphoma

>

> Patients Helping Patients

>

> Non-profit | Independent | Evidence-based

>

> www.lymphomation.org | Current News: http://bit.ly/f2A0T

>

>

>

> How to Help: www.lymphomation.org/how-to-help.htm

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