Tissue Banking Overview: Washington University Medical Center
Tissue Banking Overview: Washington University Medical Center
Tissue Banking Overview: Washington University Medical Center
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8/21/2012<br />
Specimen Collection<br />
• Diseased <strong>Tissue</strong><br />
Genetic, biochemical, or histological analysis of<br />
disease process<br />
Sampling Site<br />
Fixed vs. Frozen (Dictates storage needs<br />
and future utilization)<br />
Fixation Type<br />
Embedding Medium<br />
• Serum /<br />
Plasma<br />
Biochemical<br />
studies<br />
Aliquot and<br />
freeze<br />
• Peripheral Leukocytes/Bone Marrow<br />
Genomic (germ line) analysis; Occult<br />
tumor cell detection<br />
Whole blood<br />
Enriched nucleated cell fraction<br />
Density gradient centrifugation<br />
Cryopreservation / Immortalization<br />
• CSF and<br />
other fluids<br />
Cytospin<br />
Freeze<br />
Terminology for collected/ banked samples<br />
Identified – Labeled with personal identifiers such as name or SSN<br />
Coded – Labeled with a clinical trial subject number, investigator has<br />
access to the code<br />
De-identified – Labeled with a unique second number; link between this<br />
second number and the clinical trial subject number is maintained in a<br />
highly secure database, and generally unavailable to investigators and<br />
patients<br />
Anonymized – Link described above is irreversibly removed, so that<br />
specimens cannot be traced back to patient identities by anyone<br />
Anonymous – Samples without personal identifiers, and whose identity<br />
is unknown. An increasingly nebulous concept these days, with the<br />
advent of whole exome and genome sequencing, where the data is<br />
increasingly viewed as essentially the patient’s identity<br />
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