Highlights
Rare Disease Specimens
One in 10 Americans has a rare disease — a disease that afflicts fewer than 200,000 people a year in the United States. However, with nearly 7,000 of these rare diseases, the collective impact of these “orphan” ailments is significant. Research aimed at understanding and treating these disorders could benefit millions.
NDRI offers several resources and services to support researchers in this arena, including:
Rare Disease Biospecimen Inventory, a tissue bank with specimens representing rare diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), cystic fibrosis, lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) and Von-Hippel-Landau disease (VHL)
Exclusive access to the Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) Tissue Repository (LAM-TR), previously housed at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institutes of Health (NHLBI). The LAM-TR includes buffy coat, blood, and tissue samples ideal for biomarker analysis.
See how other investigators have benefitted from NDRI's Biospecimen Inventory: Biomarkers for LAM
