KdVS Foundation Biorepository

The KdVS Foundation has a biorepository that will collect, process and store various patient samples for KdVS scientists to use for their studies. Our biorepository, hosted by COMBINEDBrain, can store things such as blood, cerebrospinal fluid, urine, saliva and feces in addition to small tissue biopsies and even cells or cell lines made elsewhere. Tissue biopsies can be used to create fibroblasts and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) that can be isolated from blood samples. Both these cell types can be used to create stem cells and even neurons to study KdVS. 

These patient samples are absolutely critical for our researchers to understand KdVS, but also, to identify biomarkers of KdVS – which are objective measures of whether a disease is progressing or whether an experimental treatment is working. Participation is easy! If you are undergoing any clinical procedures where blood or tissue samples are collected and you’d be willing to store any leftover samples which would normally be discarded, please contact us at [email protected].