creative bioarray
Creative Bioarray: “Creative Bioarray, a leading supplier of primary cells, tumor cell lines, stem cells, immortalized cell lines and probes, also specialized in cell-based assays & services, histology services to accelerate biotechnology research.”
Where do the tissues come from?
“All of the tissues in our Tissue bank come from hospitals and clinics in the U.S. However, we do have international clinic partners that can be access when necessary.”
View in the company profileHow long are tissues fixed after harvest from the body, either through biopsy or autopsy?
“24-48 hours.”
View in the company profileWhat is the time between tissue collection and fixation for surgical cases?
“After surgery, tissue samples are put into formalin and brought to the pathology department of our collaborating hospitals. This process occurs less than 10 minutes after surgery and before the fixation.”
View in the company profileWhat is the post-mortem interval to fixation for autopsy samples?
“For post mortem tissues, the typical time in formalin fixative depends on the duration of procedures performed after death, including the acquisition of consent from the family. Nevertheless, the post mortem interval is less than six hours.”
View in the company profileWhat information do you provide for FFPE blocks?
“Age, Sex, Race, Histological diagnosis, Differentiation grade, TNM, Stage, Tumor size, Date of surgery, etc.”
View in the company profileHow long can paraffin tissue sections be stored?
“We have tested that the antigenicity was not lost (no significant difference in statistics) with paraffin tissue sections kept in a refrigerator (4°C) dated 4 years ago.”
View in the company profileWhat is the appropriate size of the tissue inside the paraffin tissue blocks?
“Standard sample size is 0.511 cm.”
View in the company profileWhat is fresh frozen tissue sample size?
“Standard sample size is 0.5-1 gram. Tissue samples of 2-3 gram are available upon request.”
View in the company profileCan hPSC-derived cardiomyocytes be expanded, passaged and cryopreserved?
“Expanding, passaging, or re-freezing hPSC-derived cardiomyocytes are not recommended.”
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