/cftrc/taxonomy/term/67/all en /cftrc/platforms/primary-airway-cell-biobank-pacb/contact <h2><span>Address</span></h2> <table> <tr> <td> <p><img height="968" width="1779" style="width: 500px; height: 272px;" class="file-original " src="/cftrc/files/cftrc/mcintyre_0.jpg" alt="" /></p></td></tr></table> Thu, 03 Apr 2014 19:59:26 +0000 annick.m.guyot@mcgill.ca 703 at /cftrc /cftrc/platforms/primary-airway-cell-biobank-pacb/organization <p><span>PACB is committed to providing top-quality airway epithelial cells to researchers. This platform involves the establishment of a procurement network through Canada, with several physicians and surgical teams, following ethical requirements.</span></p> <p> </p> <h2>From CF Patient to CF Investigator</h2> <p> </p> <p><img height="145" width="810" style="width: 850px; height: 152px;" class="file-original " src="/cftrc/files/cftrc/pacb_steps_2.png" alt="" /></p> <p><span>Primary human bronchial epithelial cells (HBE) are isolated from human lungs, normal or diseased such as:</span></p> <div class="two-column-1"> <ul> <li>Cystic Fibrosis (CF)</li> <li>Asthma</li> <li>Bronchiectasis</li> <li>Chronic bronchitis </li> <li>Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)</li> </ul> </div> <div class="two-column-2"> <ul> <li>Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)</li> <li>Emphysema</li> <li>Lupus</li> <li>Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia</li> </ul> </div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> Thu, 03 Apr 2014 19:54:42 +0000 annick.m.guyot@mcgill.ca 702 at /cftrc /cftrc/platforms/primary-airway-cell-biobank-pacb/services <p> </p> <p>PACB offers a wide range of services for respiratory disease investigators such as:</p> <ul> <li> <p><span><strong>Cryovials </strong>of 1 million frozen, viable primary Human Bronchial Epithelial (HBE) cells </span></p> </li> <li> <p><span><strong>Highly-differentiated</strong> HBE cells on porous filters (transwells, snapwells)</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span>Primary HBE cells cultured</span><span> on plastic flasks (T25)</span></p></li></ul> Thu, 03 Apr 2014 19:45:12 +0000 annick.m.guyot@mcgill.ca 701 at /cftrc /cftrc/platforms/primary-airway-cell-biobank-pacb <h2>What is the Primary Airway Cell Biobank?</h2> <p>First of its kind in Canada, the PACB is a non-for-profit facility providing researchers worldwide with standardized, high-quality primary airway cells from both normal donors and a large variety of airway diseased donors. </p> <p>The PACB is a biobank certified by the <a href="https://biobanking.org/biobanks/view/218">UBC Office of Biobank Education and Research Biobank Certification Program</a>, affiliated with the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER).</p> Fri, 03 May 2013 15:15:40 +0000 annick.m.guyot@mcgill.ca 622 at /cftrc