Cost recovery allows the Komen Tissue Bank to continue to provide high quality samples to breast cancer researchers. The figures in the schedule below reflect the cost of obtaining each type of sample.
Costs for KTB samples and services
| Sample Type | Cos/aliquot |
|---|---|
| Tissue – 125 cubic mm/aliquot | $250 |
| Tissue sections – between 5-8 microns thick | $25 |
| Blood products (plasma – 750 ul/aliquot, and serum – 600 ul/aliquot) | $50 |
| DNA – min 15 micrograms/aliquot | $45 |
| Service | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
| Additional work by KTB staff to obtain data from donors | $75 |
| LMD instrument | $30 |
Please note: KTB will charge $75 per hour for the acquisition of any follow-up data regarding donor annotation.
Virtual Tissue Bank: KTB data available for download
Be sure to check our free online database. You ll find data generated by researchers using KTB samples, donors’ mammograms and medical histories, and H&E images.
I’m a scientist over at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. I understand the importance of having healthy samples to be able to compare the mutant samples while doing experiments. I’m also donating today to be able to help strong, courageous, and brave women battling breast cancer.
Anonymous — Tissue Donor
About the Susan G. Komen Tissue Bank
The Komen Tissue Bank is the only repository in the world for normal breast tissue and matched serum, plasma, and DNA. We are transforming breast cancer research by offering normal, high-quality, richly annotated tissue samples to scientists worldwide.
