Samples Available

What samples do we have?

Here are the sample types currently available at the BC Children’s Hospital BioBank.

BC Children’s Hospital

Tissue: Fresh-frozen + Cyropreserved

• Frozen malignant tissue from oncology participants
• Cryopreserved tissue from oncology participants
• Autopsy tissue
• Slides and blocks from oncology participants
• Tonsil tissue from ENT participants
• Normal tissue from various departments

Blood: Control + Diseased

• Plasma
• Serum
• PBMCs
• Buffy Coat
• Whole blood for DNA

Stem Cells: Autologous + Allogeneic Donors

• Whole frozen stem cell bags
• Cells derived from peripheral blood
• Cells derived from bone marrow

Urine: Solid Organ Transplant Participants

• Whole urine
• Urine supernatant
• Urine cell pellet

Bone Marrow: Oncology + Hematology Participants

• BMMCs (diagnostic, longitudinal timepoints)
• Plasma (diagnostic, longitudinal timepoints)

Cerebrospinal Fluid: Neurology + Oncology Participants

• Whole CSF
• CSF supernatant
• CSF cell pellet

Saliva + Swabs from Participants with OCD

• Saliva from proband and family members
• Swabs from proband and family members

Tissue Microarray (TMA)

• Lymphoma (1)
• B-cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia (22)
• T-cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia (3)
• Acute Myeloid Leukemia (11)
• Wilms Tumour (27, 192 cores)
• Healthy Tonsil Tissue (2, 18 cores)

BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre

Tissue

• Placenta (Preterm <33 weeks + Full-term)
• Products of Conception (from RPLs)

Blood: Maternal + Non-Maternal

• Whole blood
• Plasma
• PBMCs
• Prenatal screening serum

Cord Blood (Preterm <33 weeks + Full-term)

• Plasma
• CBMCs