In early 2014, an executive memo was released directing the improvement of the management of and access to scientific collections funded by government resources. In the spirit of this memo, NASA’s Human Research Program (HRP) funded a project to review existing residual samples in long-term storage for viability, identification, and scientific significance. These samples were to be collected in a centralized location and a detailed inventory was to be conducted to create the Human Sample Repository (HSR). HSR would work to review data from over 27,000 samples, from flight research projects dating back to 1998. The samples themselves would be reviewed, re-labeled, and organized into easy to retrieve, long-term storage. In addition to the older residual samples, HSR would expand to include pristine samples from all consenting crew who have flown on International Space Station (ISS) missions. All samples inventoried and managed by HSR are intended for the same purpose; to support future research projects which will utilize advanced technologies or techniques, by providing one-of-a-kind sample collections that can not be replicated. With this mission in mind, HSR will continue to collect residual samples from HRP funded projects and pristine samples from consenting crew, to further build this unique collection and increase the diversity of flight samples available to the scientific community.


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    Title :

    Human Specimen Repository: Sample Collection for the Future [#133-000445]


    Contributors:
    C. P. Torres (author) / D. Byerly (author) / A. Jeevarajan (author)

    Conference:

    2022 Virtual Human Research Program Investigator's Workshop ; 2022 ; Virtual, US


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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