New Small Business Contract Opportunity
The NCI SBIR Development Center is seeking contract proposals in response to a new Contract Opportunity in Biospecimen Science: "Alternative Biospecimen Stabilization and Storage Solutions". The deadline for receipt of all contract proposals submitted in response to this solicitation is November 9, 2009. Learn more

What Happens to a Donated Tumor?
CR Magazine, an award-winning publication of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), recently published an article that addresses the future and promise of tissue biobanks. The OBBR's Dr. Carolyn Compton and Dr. Nicole Lockhart are quoted and included are discussions of the Biospecimen Research Network and the ethical, legal, and policy challenges faced by biobanks. The article can be viewed here.

10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now: What's Next 2009
The National Cancer Institute is leading an effort to build the U.S.'s first national biobanking resource. A Time Magazine Special recently discussed this effort, naming it one of the "10 ideas changing the world right now." Read the entire article here.