Institutional Tissue Bank
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Overview
The Institutional Tissue Bank (ITB) at MD Anderson is a College of American Pathologists (CAP)-accredited and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)-certified research biospecimen repository, developed for the purpose of collection, processing, storage and distribution of patient tissue samples, fluids, and related clinical data across MD Anderson to research investigators and beyond on behalf of the institutional protocols. Go to the About page to learn more about the ITB.
Getting Started
Step 1: Register with ITB by submitting a request for registration form.
Step 2: Set up initial consultation by email or telephone from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Step 3: ITB accepts services requests via MD Anderson Biospecimen Information Management System (BIMS) at: https://biobank.mdanderson.edu/
For more instructions on how to request samples and use BIMS, see the Resources page.
Impact
The focus of ITB is to provide efficient and cost-effective biospecimen services to investigators and help their teams save time and funds that then can be applied to further aspects of their projects.
The ITB has been contributing to MD Anderson trials including the Moon Shot Program's® Immunotherapy and APOLLO platforms and the Mosaic Project.
Acknowledgment
Please use the following text when acknowledging the core: “The Institutional Tissue Bank was supported in part by the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center an P30CA016672.”
Go to the Acknowledgment page to see guidelines on whether the efforts of core personnel merit authorship.
Contact
Department of Translational Molecular Pathology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 W. Holcombe Boulevard, G1.3586
Houston, Texas 77030
Phone: 713-745-7047
Fax: 713-745 7046
Email: tissuebank@mdanderson.org and ITBteam@mdanderson.org