Human Tissue Acquistion and Pathology Core

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1. Resource Description

   "The Human Tissue & Pathology Core provides tissue collection and storage services and access to human tissue, histology services, and specialized equipment. The Core collects human tissues prospectively from routine surgical resections and autopsies for use in basic, translational, and clinical research. Only remnant tissue samples not needed for diagnostic purposes are collected. Tissues are available fresh, snap frozen, or in a variety of fixatives, and normal, neoplastic, and other diseased tissues are available. Histology services include paraffin embedding, paraffin sectioning, automated Hematoxylin and Eosin staining, frozen sectioning, special stains, immunohistochemistry and other specialized processing and sectioning services."

2. Additional Name

   Human Tissue & Pathology Core

3. Additional Name

   Human Tissue Acquistion, Histology and Immunohistochemistry Shared Resource

4. Contact

   Ballard, Billy R., MD, DDS

5. Contact

   Ghose, Purnima, Ph.D.

6. Performs Technique

   Immunohistochemistry assay

7. Performs Technique

   Histology

8. Website(s)

   http://www.mmc.edu/research/core/tissue/tissue_mission.html

9. Director

   Ballard, Billy R., MD, DDS