Biospecimen categories
Blood & derivatives
- Whole Blood
- Serum
- Plasma
- Buffy Coat (often included in derivatives)
- Other blood fractions & derivatives
Other Biological Fluids
- Urine
- Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
- Saliva
- Synovial Fluid
- Pleural / Peritoneal / Pericardial fluids
- Swabs (e.g., nasal, throat, wound)
- Other body fluids & exudates
Residual diagnostic material
Leftover clinical material reused for research
- Residual blood samples
- Residual tissue from pathology
- Leftover biopsy material
- Clinical lab remnants
Fresh & Unprocessed Tissue
- Fresh Tissue
- Biopsy samples
- Surgical resections
Preserved Tissue
- Frozen Tissue (snap-frozen, cryopreserved)
- FFPE Tissue (Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded)
- Tissue blocks & derived sections
FFPE & Histology Materials
- Specialized preserved diagnostic tissue formats
- FFPE Blocks
- FFPE Slides
- Histological sections (stained/unstained)
- Archival pathology samples
Cells & Cell Derivatives
Isolated or cultured viable cellular systems
- Viable Cells (general)
- PBMCs (Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells)
- BMMCs (Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cells)
- TILs (Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes)
- DTCs (Disseminated Tumor Cells)
- Primary Cells
- Cell Lines
- Cultured / expanded cells
Molecular / Processed Biospecimens (optional extension)
- DNA / RNA extracts
- Proteins / lysates
- Microbiome samples
- Environmental or mixed biological samples
- Extracellular vesicles (e.g., exosomes)