Tissue Procurement

The Tissue Procurement Shared Resource (TPSR) procures and provides malignant and normal tissues from solid tumors to the OSUCCC membership. The TPSR is part of a large tissue bank network at OSU entitled "The Human Tissue Resource Network" that also includes: The NCI-funded Cooperative Human Tissue Network, the NCI-funded Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) Pathology Coordinating Office and specimen banks, the NCI-funded AIDS Malignancy Bank, the Tissue Archives Services and the Research Histology Core Facility.

The TPSR efficiently accomplishes both basic science and clinical collection of materials that are fundamentally different yet both important to the goals of the OSUCCC. The TPSR staff provides quality control of the research specimen and direct interaction with pathologists and OSUCCC investigators to better assist in procurement of tissues and to foster hypothesis-driven cancer research.

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