The Emory Transplant Center Biorepository for Translational Science (ETC Biorepository) is one of the only transplant-based biorepositories in the U.S.
A biorepository collects, catalogs and stores samples of urine, blood, tissue, cells, DNA, RNA and protein.
The ETC Biorepository collects samples from Emory patients that receive transplant services. Currently, more than 1,200 patients participate in the ETC Biorepository. Over 80,000 samples are available.
Researchers may use ETC Biorepository samples to help improve transplant results. Among the studies that the ETC Biorepository is supporting:
- Belatacept post-depletional study
- Clinical islet transplantation (CIT)
- Clinical trials in organ transplantation (CTOT) in adults and children
- Immune monitoring and assay development in organ transplant recipients
- Solid organ transplantation in HIV