Ethically-sourced, Difficult-to-Find Fresh Tissue Samples
Simple, streamlined human tissue sample procurement—it’s possible with iSpecimen. Whether you need fully consented FFPE blocks with specific variant profiles, archived samples, or prospectively-collected diseased tissue over time with matched quad sets, we’ll handle the procurement gymnastics to get your biospecimens delivered.
Because we have access to the full electronic medical record, we can select and annotate specimens with molecular and genetic characterizations, treatment data, outcomes data, and other pertinent patient and specimen data.
Let us know the specific tissue samples you need and we’ll tap into our global network of biospecimen providers.
Fresh Tissue
Obtain fresh solid tissue from patients with medical conditions including all types of cancers and benign conditions. Our revolutionary online Marketplace connects researchers to a range of remnant human tissue samples.
- Prospectively collect samples with specific genomic profiles
- Get samples collected under non-standard protocols
- Receive longitudinal or follow-up data associated with your biospecimens
- Get samples matching disease stage, histology, and laboratory test results
FFPE Tissue
Access an extensive global network of FFPE human tissue from clinical remnant, banked, or prospective collections. We help to source samples that reflect the patient diversity that today’s medical research requires.
- Deep datasets including pathology reports, collection year/country, and consent status
- Samples from diseased and healthy normal donors
- Custom collections, just say the word!
- Archived, waiver-of-consent blocks for reliable, cost-effective option
Matched Sets
Compare abnormal biology against the normal with matched tissue and biofluid sets, as well as longitudinal collections from the same patient. Our matched sets can go beyond pairs to include quad sets making your comparisons more meaningful.
Choose a combination of:
- Frozen fresh human tissue for histology
- Archived formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) blocks for staining and IHC
- Human whole blood for DNA analysis
- Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) for cultivating cell lines
Finding the Right Human Tissue for Your Research
The iSpecimen Marketplace® changes the paradigm, offering single-source access to millions of human tissue samples and patients across a diverse network of providers—quickly and compliantly
Frozen Tissue
Having a reliable alternative to sourcing fresh tissue, one that closely mimics receiving fresh surgical tissue, but with added flexibility and immediate availability, can help keep your research projects on track. iSpecimen has access to a large inventory of snap frozen tissue for genomic tissue research as well as viably cryopreserved tissue (available within a two week lead time).
- Get frozen cancerous tissue with adjacent tissue and matched biofluids
- Suitable replacement for fresh tissue upon thaw; versatile range of applications
- Viably frozen retains tissue heterogeneity (contains cancer stem cells and TILs).
Tissue Microarrays (TMA)
Access a global repository of Tissue Microarray samples from diseased and healthy patients. iSpecimen’s extensive global network provides access to high quality TMAs from hundreds of providers and repositories around the world, providing sample and patient diversity that precision medicine requires.
- Increase throughput of sample analysis
- Conserve precious tissue resources
- Reduce reagent consumption
Disease Indications
Wide-ranging, highly specific
If you need it, chances are, we can get it. Our large and growing network of partners connect their electronic medical record data directly to the iSpecimen Marketplace, allowing us to source biospecimens for research with highly specific characteristics for a broad range of disease indications. Below are some examples.
- Allergic Rhinitis
- Allergies (Seasonal)
- Ankylosing Spondylosis
- Asthma
- Autoimmune Hepatitis
- Autoimmune Liver Disease
- Goodpastures
- Graves’ Disease
- Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
- Plaque Psoriasis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
- Scleroderma
- Sjogrens Syndrome
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
- Systemic Sclerosis
- Thrombocytopenia
- ADD
- ADHD
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Dementia
- Epilepsy and Seizures
- Major Depressive Disorder
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Postpartum Depression
- Chagas
- Chlamydia
- COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2)
- Ebstein Barr Syndrome (EBV/Mononucleosis)
- Gonorrhea
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Herpes
- HIV / AIDS
- HTLV
- Influenza
- Invasive fungal infections
- Lyme Disease
- Syphilis
- Toxoplasmosis
- Zeka
- Abnormal Menstrual Cycle
- Cervical cancer
- Cysts
- Endometriosis
- Menopause
- Ovarian cancer
- Ovarian Disease
- Polycystic ovarian syndrome
- Polyps
- Preeclampsia
- Pregnancy
- Reproductive health
- Uterine Fibroids
Solid tumors
- Bladder Cancer
- Brain / Glioblastoma
- Breast Cancer
- Colorectal / Rectal Cancer
- Esophageal Cancer
- Head / Neck Cancer
- Kidney Cancer
- Liver Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Melanoma
- Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer NSCLC
- Ovarian Cancer
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Prostate Cancer
- Small Cell Lung Cancer SCLC
- Uterine Cancer
Hematologic malignancies
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia AML
- B-cell Lymphoma
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia CLL
- Leukemia
- Lymphoma
- Mixed lineage leukemia MLL
- Multiple Myeloma
- Myelodysplastic Syndrome MDS
- Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
- Swabs, serum, plasma, blood and urine from individuals testing positive for COVID-19 and recovering patients
- COVID-19 co-morbidities
- Biospecimens of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) variants
- Alagille syndrome
- Alcoholic hepatitis
- Alpha-1 Antitrypsin deficiency
- Bile duct cancer
- Biliary atresia
- Cirrhosis
- Hemochromatosis
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis B
- Liver transplant remnants
- NAFLD
- Angina
- Atherosclerosis
- Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD)
- Atherosclerotic Heart Disease
- Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter (A-fib)
- Cardiomegaly
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Carotid Artery Disease
- Carotid Disease
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- Heart Failure
- Hemophilia
- Hypertension
- Hypolipidemia
- Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- Ischemia/Infarction
- Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- Non-ischemic Cardiomyopathy
- Vascular tissue from aortic surgery
- Celiac Disease
- Colorectal Disease
- Crohn’s Disease
- Crohn’s Disease
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
- Irritable-Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Polyps
- Pre-colonoscopy healthy controls
- Ulcerative Colitis (UC)
- Asthma
- Chronic Bronchitis
- Chronic Sinusitis
- COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
- Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
- Influenza
- Lung Cancer
- Pulmonary Edema
Simple, Streamlined Human Tissue Sample Procurement is Possible with iSpecimen
By partnering with iSpecimen, you gain access to an extensive pool of richly annotated human tissue samples for research, made possible by our growing network of partners, including hospitals, biorepositories, commercial laboratories, HIEs, and other healthcare organizations around the world.
Triple Negative Breast Cancer FFPE Blocks
Prospectively Collected Fresh Ovarian Cancer Tumors with Specific Mutations
Frozen Checkpoint Inhibitor Sets
Custom and Prospective Collection Experts
When you require a custom collection, iSpecimen experts are here to help. We help to ensure that sample matching aligns tightly with your study requirements while also closely managing your projects, from inquiry to fulfillment.