Cincinnati Children's Hospital is partnering with DownSyndrome Achieves (DSA) to create a research biobank with biospecimens donated by people with Down
New partnership launches Down syndrome research biobank
Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center has collaborated with DownSyndrome Achieves (DSA) to launch a research biobank, which serves as a central repository for biospecimens donated by individuals with Down syndrome and their immediate families.
The DSA Biobank aims to improve clinical care and health outcomes for individuals with Down syndrome and others by housing high-quality, well-annotated biospecimens that aid in driving basic, translational, and clinical research.
The DSA Biobank team at Cincinnati Children s includes:
The laboratory of William Nichols, PhD, associate director of research in the Division of Human Genetics at Cincinnati Children s