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The Tissue Procurement Shared Facility (TPSF) of the Comprehensive Cancer Center operates as a prospective service to collect, from UAB associated hospitals, normal, malignant, benign, and diseased fresh human tissues and fluids which are then preserved appropriate to protocol. The TPSF can provide normal, malignant, benign, or diseased remnant human tissues and/or fluids from surgical resections, autopsies, or clinical procedures for IRB-approved researchers. The preservation can include fresh storage in media or saline, snap-frozen storage in liquid nitrogen, freezing in OCT for frozen section preparation, or preservation in a fixative of choice. The TPSF can also provide procurement of control tissues including uninvolved tissues or matched tissues from patients with benign disease processes. The histology laboratory can provide paraffin blocks and/or stained or unstained slides. In addition, investigators can obtain access to rare tissues through the national Cooperative Human Tissue Network (CHTN). Although the facility operates as a prospective service specializing in the preparation of samples to protocol, limited banked frozen and paraffin-embedded samples may be available. Investigators are required to complete an application and provide a copy of their IRB approval as well as a brief description of the project for which the requested samples will be utilized. Samples are provided for research purposes only. Processing fees are to offset processing costs and should be included in all grant applications.

Proper citation: UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center Tissue Procurement Shared Facility (RRID:SCR_004222) Copy   

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http://www.georgiacancer.org/res-tissue.php

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on July 17, 2013.
The Georgia Cancer Specimen and Tissue Bank is committed to a safe and reliable supply of tissue and cell products for research purposes. Work has begun already to build the state tumor bank initiative with operating sites in several locations through the state. We are confident that our results will yield a strong program that will benefit all Georgians and contribute to significant advances in cancer research and knowledge.

Proper citation: Biorepository Alliance of Georgia for Oncology (RRID:SCR_004184) Copy   

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http://acsr.ucsf.edu/

A biorepository for HIV-infected human biospecimens from a wide spectrum of HIV-related or associated diseases, including cancer, and from appropriate HIV-negative controls. The ACSR has formalin-fixed paraffin embedded biospecimens, fresh frozen biospecimens, malignant cell suspensions, fine needle aspirates, and cell lines from patients with HIV-related malignancies. It also contains serum, plasma, urine, bone marrow, cervical and anal specimens, saliva, semen, and multi-site autopsy speicmens from patients with HIV-related malignancies including those who have participated in clinical trials. The ACSR has an associated databank that contains prognostic, staging, outcome and treatment data on patients from whom tissues were obtained. The ACSR database contains more than 300,000 individual biospecimens with associated clinical information. Biospecimens are entered into the ACSR database by processing type, disease category, and number of cases defined by disease category.

Proper citation: AIDS and Cancer Specimen Resource (RRID:SCR_004216) Copy   

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https://scicrunch.org/browse/resourcesedit/SCR_004214

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented May 18, 2022. A tumor bank that provides a large collection of cancer specimens, from breast and other cancers, annotated with clinical information. The CBCF TB enables researchers to address unanswered questions concerning the prognosis and treatment of breast cancer and other cancers. The CBCF TB website is also directed to participants interested in donating tumor tissue or blood. Biological specimens such as blood, urine, bone marrow, and ascites (fluid that sometimes collects in the abdomen) contain genetic information, just as tumor tissue does. These samples can be used in studies that may help researchers see how people with certain genetic make-ups respond to certain treatments. It can also explain why different people have different health problems. CBCF TB, formerly ARTB, was created by a merger of components of two existing Tumor-banking initiatives, the CLS Repository in Calgary and the Tumor bank of the PolyomX Program in Edmonton.

Proper citation: Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Tumor Bank (RRID:SCR_004214) Copy   

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http://www.azcc.arizona.edu/research/shared-services/tacmass/tissue-acquisition

TACMASS collects, preserves, and banks biospecimens obtained from Arizona Cancer Center surgical patients who are seen by University Medical Center surgeons and oncologists. Biospecimens collected at the time of surgery include fresh surgical tissue, blood and urine. Serum, plasma and genomic DNA are harvested from the whole blood. AZCC Members and collaborators may request the use of banked biospecimens through TACMASS. The patient's surgeon or oncologist is responsible for consenting the patient for submission of surgical specimens to the AZCC BioRepository (IRB #06-0609-04, Setsuko Chambers, PI). The surgeon and the Department of Pathology attending physicians and residents are responsible for identifying appropriate tissue for banking that will not compromise pathological diagnosis. Tumor and/or normal adjacent tissue, identified by gross examination, that will not be needed for pathological diagnosis are preserved by fixing in formalin, snap freezing, and/or fixing in RNALater. Histological diagnosis is rendered on each piece of formalin-fixed and snap frozen tissue by Hematoxylin and Eosin staining (H&E). Everyone involved in submitting specimens to the Tumor Bank must maintain a current CITI Certification.

Proper citation: Arizona Cancer Center Tumor Bank (RRID:SCR_003544) Copy   

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http://www.cancer.duke.edu/modules/TissueProcurement29/index.php?id=1

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on July 16, 2013. Over 10,000 patient consents, 5,000 banking events, and 40,000 biospecimens have been processed to date with storage of both formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue and frozen tissue located within multiple freezers spanning temperatures in the range of -80 degrees to -180 degrees C depending on protocol requirements. Considerable effort continues to be expended to assure compliance with IRB, NIH and HIPAA best practices and guidelines on banking human tissues. The biorepository in place today is the result of the combined efforts of the Duke Cancer Institute (DCI) Breast SPORE, DCI Shared Resource for Tissue and Blood Procurement, and the Duke University School of Medicine Research Foundation (DUSOM-RF). The DCI and the School of Medicine Research Foundation (SOMRF) have funded the collection of frozen and fixed tissues, both malignant and benign, under an ?????????????????excess tissue????????????????? protocol that utilizes freshly excised tissue that is available for research after the needs of the pathologic workup are met. This program procures tissues from many anatomic sites including breast. Recently Duke''s Institute of Genome Science & Policy (IGSP), under the direction of Drs. Geoff Ginsburg and Tom Burke, initiated a blood collection program that spans several departments and institutes. The Breast SPORE blood collection program served as the pilot for this much larger effort. The Breast SPORE tissue and blood collection effort utilizes much of the same infrastructure and personnel that are also supported by the DCI, SOMRF, and IGSP.

Proper citation: DCI Tissue and Blood Procurement Shared Resource (RRID:SCR_004116) Copy   

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http://www.ilsbio.com/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented May 10, 2017. A pilot effort that has developed a centralized, web-based biospecimen locator that presents biospecimens collected and stored at participating Arizona hospitals and biospecimen banks, which are available for acquisition and use by researchers. Researchers may use this site to browse, search and request biospecimens to use in qualified studies. The development of the ABL was guided by the Arizona Biospecimen Consortium (ABC), a consortium of hospitals and medical centers in the Phoenix area, and is now being piloted by this Consortium under the direction of ABRC. You may browse by type (cells, fluid, molecular, tissue) or disease. Common data elements decided by the ABC Standards Committee, based on data elements on the National Cancer Institute''s (NCI''s) Common Biorepository Model (CBM), are displayed. These describe the minimum set of data elements that the NCI determined were most important for a researcher to see about a biospecimen. The ABL currently does not display information on whether or not clinical data is available to accompany the biospecimens. However, a requester has the ability to solicit clinical data in the request. Once a request is approved, the biospecimen provider will contact the requester to discuss the request (and the requester''s questions) before finalizing the invoice and shipment. The ABL is available to the public to browse. In order to request biospecimens from the ABL, the researcher will be required to submit the requested required information. Upon submission of the information, shipment of the requested biospecimen(s) will be dependent on the scientific and institutional review approval. Account required. Registration is open to everyone., documented on August 17, 2021.Biospecimens and support services to advance translational research including a wide range of specimen types, including matched sets of normal and diseased tissue, Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded (FFPE), blood, and serum, focusing primarily on cancer. They stock a wide range of sample formats to help meet research goals quickly and on budget. Collections are preformed to be ideal for a wide range of studies including genomic, proteomic, molecular and histologic analysis. ILSbio provides tissue and tissue derivatives that are high quality, cost effective and procured in compliance with current and anticipated regulations. The company obtains its clinical specimens under strict IRB approved protocols with informed consent and the utmost attention to issues of patient safety, anonymity and confidentiality. Clinical and pathological data is available for all specimens. Researchers use the tissue products at all levels of scientific study ranging from large pharma and biotech organizations to small labs and university research facilities. They also participate in wholesale distribution to other bio-banking organizations.

Proper citation: ILSbio (RRID:SCR_004682) Copy   

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http://toc.lbg.ac.at/en/research-program/project-tumor-bank

As a basis for the experimental cluster projects, and for further future projects a collection of various biological specimens of cancer patients shall be established. All participating Ludwig Boltzmann Institutes (LBIs) are supplying biological specimens from tumor patients and clinical documentation. At the LBI for Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology a tumor bank for biological specimens from gynecologic cancer patients already exists. All the procedures for sample processing and storage are well established. Existing equipment for storing tissue specimens at -196 degrees C can be used. Materials from the following malignant diseases are collected: Breast cancer Colorectal cancer Neuroendocrine tumors (NET) (Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and Carcinoid tumors) Types of biological materials: Tissue (fresh frozen) Bone marrow Blood (serum/plasma/cell fractions) Pleural effusions Ascitic fluids Sputum Bronchial lavage Stool The biological specimens are initially processed at the respective LBIs or at their connected lab facilities. Enrichment of blood samples for disseminated tumor cells is done at the LBI for Gynecology and Gynecologic oncology. Long time storage of all materials is done at appropriate temperatures at the same institution. This LBI also coordinates the logistics. All relevant sample-specific and clinical data are surveyed at the respective LBIs and stored centralized in an on-line data bank in anonymized form, respecting all relevant regulations on data protection and security.

Proper citation: Ludwig Boltzman Tumour Bank (RRID:SCR_004322) Copy   

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http://www.bionet.umn.edu/tpf/home.html

Procure and distribute human tissue and other biological samples in support of basic, translational, and clinical cancer research at the University of Minnesota. The TPF is a centralized resource with standardized patient consent, sample collection, processing, storage, quality control, distribution, and electronic record maintenance. Since the 1996 inception of the TPF, over 61,000 tissue samples including well-preserved samples of malignant and benign tumors, organ-matched normal tissue, and other types of diseased tissues, have been collected from surgical specimens obtained at the University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview (UMMC-F) University Campus. Surgical pathologists are intellectually engaged in TPF functions, providing researchers with specimen-oriented medical consultation to facilitate research productivity. Prior to surgery, TPF personnel identify and consent patients for procurement of tissue, blood, urine, saliva, and ascites fluid. Within the integrated working environment of the surgical pathology laboratory, freshly obtained tissues not needed for diagnosis are selected and provided by pathologists to TPF personnel. Tissue samples are then assigned an independent code and processed. TPF staff can also work with researchers to individualize the procurement of tissues to fit specific research needs.

Proper citation: University of Minnesota Tissue Procurement Facility (RRID:SCR_004270) Copy   

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http://www.tumorbank.unibe.ch/

Tumorbank Bern - TBB collects high quality clinical samples since 2003 for translational research selected by expert pathologists under controlled conditions of normal and diseased tissue from different origin. The Tumor Bank is approved by the Ethical Commission of Bern, we only collect samples with written informed patient consent. Origin of Tissue: Thoracic Surgery, Gynecology, Urology, Visceral Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery, Neurosurgery Tumorbank Bern TBB holds 12,000 samples from 3600 Patients. Please contact us to check if we have samples for your field of research.

Proper citation: Tumorbank Bern (RRID:SCR_004611) Copy   

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http://www.cs.tau.ac.il/~spike/

Database of curated human signaling pathways with an associated interactive software tool for analysis and dynamic visualization of pathways. Individual pathway maps can be viewed and downloaded; the entire database may be browsed, or launched via a map viewer tool that allows dynamic visualization of the database and save networks in XGMML format that can be viewed in all generic XGMML viewers. Map Topics * Cell cycle progress and check points * DNA damage response * Programmed cell death related processes * Stress-activated transcription factors * Mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways * Immune response signaling * HEarSpike: hearing related pathways

Proper citation: SPIKE (RRID:SCR_010466) Copy   

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https://genome-cancer.ucsc.edu/

A suite of web-based tools to visualize, integrate and analyze cancer genomics and its associated clinical data. It is possible to display your own clinical data within one of their datasets.

Proper citation: UCSC Cancer Genomics Browser (RRID:SCR_011796) Copy   

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http://www.cravat.us/

A web-based application designed with an easy-to-use interface to facilitate the high-throughput assessment and prioritization of genes and missense alterations important for cancer tumorigenesis.

Proper citation: CRAVAT (RRID:SCR_012776) Copy   

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https://www.tissue-atlas.org/

Gathers together imaging and omic datasets into molecular maps of normal and diseased tissue from human and animal models, with emphasis on cancer. Used to access datasets, educational curriculum and talks, and recommended methods and software.

Proper citation: Harvard Tissue Atlas (RRID:SCR_022829) Copy   

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https://tabula-sapiens-portal.ds.czbiohub.org/

Single cell transcriptomic atlas of multiple organs from individual human donors. Multiple organ, single cell transcriptomic atlas of humans. Molecular reference atlas for cell types of human body. Provides molecular definition of these cell types and reveals many other aspects of human biology, including how same gene can be spliced differently in different cell types, how shared cell types in different tissues can have subtle differences in their identities, and how clones of immune system can be shared across tissues.

Proper citation: Tabula Sapiens (RRID:SCR_022314) Copy   

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http://web.mit.edu/spectroscopy/facilities/lbrc.html

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on July 31,2025. Biomedical technology research center that develops basic scientific understanding and new techniques required for advancing clinical applications of lasers and spectroscopy. LBRC merges optical spectroscopy, imaging, scattering, and interferometry techniques to study biophysics and biochemistry of healthy and diseased biological structures from subcellular to entire-organ scale.

Proper citation: Laser Biomedical Research Center (RRID:SCR_000106) Copy   

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http://sharedresources.fredhutch.org/core-facilities/scientific-imaging

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE.Documented on July 27,2022. Scientific imaging service that serves as a centralized facility for imaging and visualization. The core facility provides access to time lapse and 3-D microscopy and quantitative autoradiography.

Proper citation: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Co-operative Center for Excellence in Hematology Scientific Imaging (RRID:SCR_015340) Copy   

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http://sharedresources.fredhutch.org/core-facilities/comparative-medicine

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE.Documented on July 27,2022. Core facility that provides a variety of animal housing, veterinary and research support services.

Proper citation: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Co-operative Center for Excellence in Hematology Comparative Medicine (RRID:SCR_015326) Copy   

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http://sharedresources.fredhutch.org/core-facilities/genomics

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE.Documented on July 27,2022. Core facility that provides expertise and support for generating genomics-based data. Services for DNA arrays, genetic analysis, and high-throughput screening are provided through three specialized laboratories.

Proper citation: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Co-operative Center for Excellence in Hematology Genomics Shared Resource (RRID:SCR_015327) Copy   

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http://www.walescancerbank.com/

The Wales Cancer Bank aims to collect samples of tumour, normal tissue and blood from all patients in Wales who are undergoing an operation to remove tissue where cancer is a possible diagnosis. These samples will be banked to build up a research resource that will be used by research groups to help understand the molecular mechanisms involved in cancer and work towards the selection of optimum targeted treatment for individuals. The Wales Cancer Bank is licensed by the Human Tissue Authority (license 12107) to store human tissue for research and has ethics approval from the Wales Multicentre Research Ethics Committee to collect and issue samples for cancer related research.

Proper citation: Wales Cancer Bank (RRID:SCR_004331) Copy   

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