Biorepository
The UC San Diego ALS Clinical Research Program under the direction of Dr. John Ravits with support of Target ALS supports the creation and ongoing expansion of the ALS Research Biorepositories. The ALS Research Biorepositories collects, processes, and stores blood, skin tissues, brain and spinal cord from volunteers and donors with ALS to be used for current and future research projects. The projects include searching for ALS biomarkers, genetic factors and gene expression in ALS, pathophysiology of ALS, and better understanding of the cause of the disease for development of effective treatments.
Samples available for requests:
- Dermal Fibroblasts
- Biofluids
- Plasma
- Serum
- CSF
- OCT tissues
- Spinal cord (Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacral)
- Formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded (FFPE) or Snap-frozen tissues
- Spinal cord (Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar)
- Brain
- Frontal lobe
- Parietal lobe
- Temporal lobe
- Occipital lobe
- Hippocampus
- Motor cortex
- Sensory cortex (FFPE only)
- Amygdala (FFPE only)
- Thalamus (FFPE only)
- Basal ganglia (FFPE only)
- Cerebellum (FFPE only)
Other tissue regions may be available. See Target ALS Multicenter Human Postmortem Tissue Core for more information or use the form below.
For samples, contact Anita Hermann by email (ahermann@health.ucsd.edu) or fill out the form below. See also: Target ALS Multicenter Human Postmortem Tissue Core
