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Human Biospecimens

How Medical Researchers Can Leverage Tech to Help Streamline Biospecimen Matchmaking and Procurement

by Christopher Ianelli, MD, Ph.D., Founder & CEO of iSpecimen 08/02/2022 Leave a Comment

How Medical Researchers Can Leverage Tech to Help Streamline Biospecimen Matchmaking and Procurement

Many medical advancements – from life-saving vaccines and treatments to new diagnostic tests like liquid biopsies – are built on research that involves human biospecimens. Biofluids, tissue and cells are indispensable resources for the medical researcher, yet the process of sourcing these biospecimens can be woefully frustrating and inefficient. These challenges can have a direct, negative impact on the pace of discovery, creating urgency for improved access to the biospecimens researchers need
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Biospecimen Procurement for R&D Needs to Look More Like an Online Marketplace

by Jill Mullan, Chief Operating Officer, iSpecimen 04/05/2021 Leave a Comment

Biospecimen Procurement for R&D Needs to Look More Like an Online Marketplace

As healthcare digitizes everything from insurance claims to clinical decisions, some functions remain frustratingly analog, old school, and inefficient. One such function is the distribution of human biospecimens necessary for medical research. Specimens are essential in providing much of the data that researchers examine, EHRs capture, and scientific databases aggregate. Unfortunately, the distribution of specimens and their data to researchers is woefully outdated and inefficient. Frankly,
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iSpecimen Launches First Online Marketplace for Human Biospecimens

by Fred Pennic 06/15/2017 Leave a Comment

iSpecimen Launches First Online Marketplace for Human Biospecimens

 iSpecimen, a Lexington, MA-based startup has launched the iSpecimen Marketplace, an online, data-rich platform that connects life science researchers who need human biospecimens to the healthcare organizations that have them. Using a powerful, multi-faceted search platform, the marketplace enables medical researchers to intuitively search millions of available human biospecimens and solves one of the research industry’s biggest challenges – how to compliantly obtain quality biospecimens in a
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