Abdominal Biospecimens

Prospective human abdominal biospecimens for use in research applications.

High-quality human abdominal tissues

LifeNet Health® LifeSciences recovers high-quality human abdominal biospecimens for research and adheres to the highest standards of ethical and safe tissue recovery.


LifeNet Health LifeSciences partners with researchers to ensure proper storage, handling, and shipping of the

biospecimen to preserve its integrity for dependable, reproducible, and biologically relevant kidney and digestive system research findings.

Biospecimens for research

  • Adipose, subcutaneous & visceral
  • Colon
  • Intestine
  • Kidney
  • Spleen
  • Stomach
  • Bladder
  • Gall bladder
  • Ureter
  • Prostate

Features

  • Tissues are prospectively recovered from donors with known demographics, including age, sex, BMI, ethnicity, cause of death, and social medical history.
  • Normal (healthy) donors and matched donors with medical conditions (i.e., Crohn’s and various kidney diseases).
  • Whole, partial samples, or biopsies are available, including samples from different regions of each tissue. Intestinal sizing can be specified in the request.

Benefits

  • Proper storage, handling, and shipping helps preserve integrity and is essential for dependable, reproducible, and biologically relevant kidney and digestive system disorder research findings.
  • A diverse offering enables researchers to study specific functions or diseases of interest to accelerate drug discovery.
  • Low interval from death to preservation.
  • Quick delivery available upon request.

Advancing research

into kidney, digestive,

and metabolic disorders

Advancing research

into kidney, digestive,

and metabolic disorders

Kidney diseases

Obesity

Ulcerative Colitis & Crohn’s

Malabsorption / Bioavailability studies

Toxicity studies

Type II Diabetes

Cancers

Learn more about working with LifeNet Health LifeSciences

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Standard procurement protocolsCustomization when applicable
Full biospecimen recovery capabilities
Biospecimen project workflow
Ethical donor 
authorization practices

“The solid organs we have received from LifeNet Health were procured in such a fashion that my team was easily able to prep the samples for our laboratory profusion studies.“

-Sr. Scientist, Start-up Biotech Company

“We continue to be updated on the progress of our projects, and the communication is consistent and timely. The customer service is amazing.”

-Project Director, Government Contractor

“Our project was fulfilled within the expected timeline and the LifeNet Health team was gracious to work with us collaboratively to address our challenging delivery schedule.”

-Scientist, Academic Institution

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