The GENESTAR manual for biospecimen collection biobanking and omics data generation from commercial space missions.

ABSTRACT: The surge in commercial and civilian spaceflight enables the systematic and longitudinal, large-scale biospecimen collection to understand the prospective effects of space travel on human health. The Genomics and Space Medicine (Space Omics) project at BCM-HGSC involves a comprehensive biospecimen collection plan from commercial/private space flight participants. The manuscript addresses the critical gaps in the biospecimen collection process including details of the informed consent process, a provision for subjects to obtain custom CLIA-WGS reports, a data dictionary and a LIMS enabled biobank. The manuscript also discusses the biospecimens collection, processing methodologies and nucleic acid suitability for Omics data generation. Results from Axiom-2 mission where, 339 biospecimens wer

SUBMITTER: Krishnavajhala A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12078511 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature