ABOUT SPECIMEN CENTRAL
The pace of
specimen procurement remains unacceptably slow to the biomedical
research community. Specimen Central is the foremost global
resource to aid biomedical researchers in expediting their search for high quality human
biospecimens, tissues, samples and specimens.
For Researchers
Most specimen databases require researchers to waste time and
effort entering lengthy registrations and search queries that yield
poor results, if anything. Specimen Central solves this
problem by having tissue banks search for you.
From years to months, months to weeks, and weeks to days, Specimen
Central seeks to reduce delays and costs in the research &
development life cycle by expediting connections between demand and
supply.
For Biobanks
The capital costs of maintaing a biobank infrastructure are
substantial and growing. Biobanks use Specimen Central as a
marketing tool to augment their business development
efforts. By routinely checking Specimen Central's Specimen Requests, biobanks can
uncover market demand for their inventories and develop new
connections and revenue streams to defray costs. Specimen Central
supplements - not displaces - the efforts of your sales
representatives, agents, brokers and commercial partners.
Sample Types
We facilitate your search for blood, whole blood, buccal swab, DNA, RNA, protein,
cell lines, plasma, serum, RBC, white cells, buffy coat, fluid,
marrow, urine, stem cells, and solid tissue such as tumor, tumour
and biopsy materials spanning all manner of common and rare
pathologies and indications including Alzheimer's, basal cell
carcinoma, bladder cancer, bone cancer, brain cancer, breast
cancer, cerebrospinal fluid, amniotic fluid, colorectal cancer,
colon cancer, hodgkins and non-hodgkins lymphoma, kidney/renal
cancer, leukemia, liver cancer, lung cancer, melanoma, multiple
sclerosis, myeloma neuroblastoma, neurodegenerative diseases,
ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, urinary cancer.
This includes adult and pediatric indications.
Sample Requirements
Specimen
Central users specify a number of variables in their
Specimen Requests, including preparation, preservation and handling
requirements such as cryo-preserved, FFPE (Formalin-fixed
paraffin-embedded), formalin, frozen, refrigerated, OCT, snap
frozen, paraffin block, fresh, prospective, autopsy or cadaveric,
etc. Many users require clinically annotated date associated
with their specimens, as well as documentation of IRB or ethics
committee approval and informed consents.