Boston Biorepository, Recruitment, and Integrative Network (BBRAIN) for GWI
Abstract
The primary objective of BBRAIN is to establish a retrospective and prospective biorepository network for GWI research by data mining from existing BBRAIN collaborator specimens and for recruiting 500 additional repository samples. The four prospective recruitment resource sites will include Boston, Miami, Bronx and San Francisco. The BBRAIN structure will provide centralized cataloguing and coordination of retrospective biorepository samples from 10 collaborating institutions who will share existing blood plasma, sera, PBMCs, cerebrospinal fluid, human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs), DNA and saliva samples. Corresponding cognitive outcomes, brain imaging, demographics and health symptom surveys will be included in BBRAIN network datasets to allow for the comparison of biomarkers with behavioral outcomes.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2019
- Accession Number
- AD1092557
Entities
People
- Kimberly Sullivan
Organizations
- Boston University Medical Campus