These specimens offer unique value for research programs that require access to tissues not typically available from surgical resections, including normal/control organs/tissues/anatomical parts,
primary and metastatic tumor sites, sometimes rare tumor types, and multiple organs from the same donor, as well as the full range of causes of death and morbidity seen across the US population, excluding infectious diseases, but including all other causes of death, such as cancers, cardiovascular disease, heart failure, COPD, asthma, metabolic diseases/Type 2 diabetes, neurodegenerative diseases, rheumatoid arthritis and trauma.
Specimens are available from either whole body donation centers, or organ procurement networks (for non-transplantable organs).
We will work with you to ensure we fully understand your specifications before recommending one route or the other. Factors such as the format you require, whether fresh, frozen or fixed in 10% NBF, the exact specimen type, your maximum acceptable time between death and sampling and whether you require healthy control or diseased specimens will all need to be taken into account, along with your data requirements.
Our goal is to support high‑quality, human‑relevant research while honoring donor generosity and donor/next of kin wishes to support research that may help future patients, and maintaining high standards of respect at all times.
