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Integrating Multiple Biobanks and Improving Specimen Management with LabVantage
23 Oct 2017With the explosive growth in the number of specimens stored in biobanks, leading biobanking institutions are striving to better organize their sample inventory and associated data. A biobanking informatics system is essential to ensure sample viability, inventory and data fidelity for the future. In this case study, learn why the Duke Biobank, based in the Duke Translational Medicine Institute of Duke Medicine, adopted LabVantage as its laboratory information management system (LIMS) in order to improve management of sample inventories in multiple biobanking entities.
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