Biospecimen Archive Research Core (BARC)

1. Preliminary inquires please contact Cheryl Spencer at cheryl.spencer@bmc.org
2. IRB approval required for recipient investigators to access biospecimens.
3. Cost recovery fee schedule available upon request.
4. Tissue processing services provided through Experimental Pathology Service Core (EX+) http://www.bumc.bu.edu/eplsc/

Specimen Type	No. of Frozen Aliquots	No. of Paraffin blocks
Tonsils	114	70
Thyroid	345	193
Prostate	254	113
Parotid	11	6
Parathyroid	23	15
Thymus	12	4
Pancreas	0	19
Lung	127	55
Kidney	245	103
Colon	207	81
Breast	355	138