Human Biological Samples

Welcome to the Human Biological Samples (HBS) knowledge hub.

Human biospecimens are used across the entire drug discovery research pipeline. They offer an invaluable resource for target discovery, target validation, lead optimization, translational research and clinical development. Thousands of different types of human biosamples can now be sourced from hundreds of global service providers through a single request.

Let us help you select your next provider.

Access exclusive insights from leading pharmaceutical companies, researchers and sample providers on the current landscape of sourcing human biological samples (HBS) for research and unlock trends and observations from the world's largest platform for the sourcing of HBS, Scientist.com.

• Human Fixed Tissue
• Human Fresh Tissue
• Human Frozen Tissue
• Human Biofluids

• Human Plasma
• Human Serum
• Human Whole Blood
• Human Leukopaks

• Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMCs)
• Human Primary Cells
• Human iPSC's
• Human DNA & RNA

At Scientist.com we pride ourselves on supporting access to human samples, while ensuring that ethical considerations are in place. Researchers can acquire HBS while ensuring compliance with their organization’s policies and procedures. Our COMPLi platform does this by providing proactive visibility to the relevant due diligence information required for a client to make an informed decision about a provider of samples.

Scientist.com now has over 300 providers of human samples contracted and available to fulfill orders. We have developed a bespoke solution to support organizations who do not have a defined HBS sourcing process established as well as a customizable solution to align with the requirements of clients that already do. This has been used to source over 10 million samples through the platform since 2015, from rare samples to common types across the globe.

In 2020, we expanded COMPLi to include the world and industry’s first pre-assessment program, VERIF.i^®. This groundbreaking program is designed to increase confidence when sourcing samples externally as well as drive standards within the industry. For information please visit https://www.scientist.com/verifi/

HBS Case Studies

Here you can access valuable information to help you find and choose the most fitting samples for your research based on your organizational policies, local legislation and research area.

HBS at a glance

Informed Consent in HBS

Understanding Local Legislations when sourcing HBS

HBS Blog

HBS Supplier Spotlights

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