Human Biospecimens & Primary Tissue Procurement
Consented human tissue, adipose, biofluids and disease-state specimens sourced from banked inventory or collected prospectively.
| Category | Native & Primary Tissue to Spec |
|---|---|
| Unit | One specimen, one aliquot, or one prospectively collected lot |
| Lead time | 2 weeks from banked inventory; quote-dependent and considerably longer for prospective collection |
| Pricing | Indicative range held |
| Provenance | Partner manufactured |
| Data current | 2026-09-01 |
Description
Consented human biological material sourced either from existing banked inventory or through prospective collection against a defined protocol. Discovery Life Sciences maintains a large biospecimen inventory spanning tissue, blood and disease-state samples with custom collection as a stated core model. ZenBio has supplied human adipose tissue, preadipocytes and adipose-derived stem cells, dermal fibroblasts including Type 2 diabetic donors, placental MSCs and exosomes since 1995, and advertises custom tissue procurement and assay development; its adipose tissue explant assay kit is one of the few items in this space with a distributor-visible price, listed through Fisher Scientific under NC2174787 in the high-four-hundreds to high-five-hundreds USD range depending on promotion, which we treat as an anchor rather than a quotable price. Cook MyoSite's compliance statement documents the regulatory posture that any serious human tissue supplier must hold: cadaveric material from UNOS-registered, AOPO-accredited organ procurement organisations with documented next-of-kin authorisation, and living donor tissue under an IRB-approved, physician-led protocol with written informed consent. Ethics and consent documentation is the deliverable here as much as the tissue is.
Why this is hard to buy today
Consent scope is the thing that decides whether a project is publishable or commercialisable, and it is invisible until deep into a procurement conversation, so buyers regularly acquire tissue they are not permitted to use the way they planned.
Price evidence
ZenBio Adipose Tissue Explant Lipolysis Assay Kit via Fisher Scientific NC2174787: list observed at $585.55 with a promotional price of $478.00 on 2026-09-01 (an earlier same-day capture recorded $530.70, so the list figure moves and should be re-checked at quote time). Human tissue procurement itself is quote-only at every supplier surveyed.
These are supplier list prices we located and recorded, not a quotation from Wetware World. Your price depends on quantity, specification and freight, and is only binding once issued in writing.
What you must specify
A quote cannot be produced without these. Anything you leave open, a supplier will assume — usually expensively.
| # | Parameter |
|---|---|
| 01 | Tissue or fluid type and anatomical site |
| 02 | Donor demographics (age, sex, ethnicity, BMI) and disease state |
| 03 | Fresh, frozen, fixed or viable-cell requirement |
| 04 | Quantity per specimen and number of unique donors |
| 05 | Banked inventory vs prospective collection |
| 06 | Consent scope required (research use, commercial use, genomic analysis) |
| 07 | IRB / ethics documentation required |
| 08 | Matched clinical annotation or serology required |
Quality documentation
Typically available with this item. What actually ships is confirmed on the quotation, per supplier.
- Donor consent and IRB documentation
- Serology / infectious disease screening per supplier protocol
- Chain-of-custody and collection-to-preservation time record
- Clinical annotation where contracted
Candidate suppliers
Organisations we have identified as capable. Listing does not imply a partnership, an endorsement, or that they have agreed to quote.
| Organisation | Basis for inclusion |
|---|---|
| Discovery Life Sciences | Large biospecimen inventory across tissue, blood and disease-state samples; custom prospective collection is their stated core model. Quote-driven. |
| ZenBio | Human adipose tissue, preadipocytes/ASCs, dermal fibroblasts including Type 2 diabetic donors, placental MSCs, and adipose tissue explant assay kits. Custom tissue procurement and assay development advertised. |
| Cook MyoSite | Contract services page lists muscle and adherent cell production, cryopreservation at any scale, procurement from specific donor populations, custom media, and phase-appropriate GMP manufacturing; 3,470 sq ft ISO 7 / ISO 5 cleanroom. No public pricing. |
Sources
doc WW-NT-83139 · rev 2026-09-01 · research use only · prices indicative and not binding until quoted in writing