ATS supplies tissue for research, to include cancer research tissue, tumor specimens, and normal tissue samples that are used for study controls, diagnostics and pharmaceutical development.
Research tissue is procured from these anatomical sites:
Breast, ovary, uterus, pancreas, kidney, liver, prostate, bladder, spleen, lung, head and neck, GI (colon, esophagus, stomach), skin, muscle, soft tissue and adipose, brain and nervous system
High quality pathology-verified human tissue biospecimens:
- Diseased / Malignant:
Cancer, metabolic disorders, autoimmune disorders, inflammation, nervous system and neurodegenerative disorders, cardiovascular, and blood disorders
- Non-diseased / Normal / Benign
Types of surgical excess samples or salvage samples:
Fresh tissue, frozen tissue, formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) slides and unstained slides, and FFPE tissue blocks
