Empowering Your Research
The CCTS Biospecimen Core facilitates access to biological specimens, provides responsive biobanking services, and trains investigators in biospecimen-related research.
More than 52,000 patients have consented to participated in the University of Kentucky Research Registry and Specimen Bank.
The following specimens are available:
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Buffy Coat: 1,134 samples
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Plasma: 1,883 samples
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Serum: 2,015 samples
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Red Blood: 215 samples
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Whole Blood: 416 samples
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CSF: 29 samples
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Fat: 183 samples
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Muscle: 14 samples
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Arterial Plaque (fixed): 17 samples
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Tissues: 664 samples
Including lung, stomach, liver, large and small intestine, aortic tissue, spleen, kidney, pancreas and adrenal gland
*Last updated Sept. 18, 2024
We can also work with you to obtain other types specimens needed for your research. To inquire, please submit a service request through the link below.
CCTS Biobank Impact
52,020
Enrolled Biobank Patients
83.3%
Consent Rate for Biobank Enrollment
6,541
Biospecimen Samples Dispersed
Learn more about CCTS and UK biospecimen resources:
CCTS Biobank FAQs
How to Use i2b2 to Search for Biospecimen Availability
Additional Biospecimen Resources at UK
Contact Us
Marietta Barton-Baxter, CCRC
- Project Manager, Biospecimens Core
- mbart00@email.uky.edu
- (859) 257-6462
