About ACSR :
The AIDS and Cancer Specimen Resource (ACSR) is a tissue
and biological fluids bank of HIV-related specimens. The
National Cancer Institute established the AIDS and Cancer
Specimen Resource to encourage and facilitate research in
HIV-related malignancies. Malignant and other tissues from
HIV infected patients are needed more than ever to provide
opportunities for critical translational research focusing
on the pathogenesis of AIDS related malignancies and other
human tissue for study. Scientists now have the ability
to ask and answer more questions than during the early phase
of the AIDS epidemic. The ACSR is a resource of HIV-infected
tissues and other specimens for use by qualified investigators
to facilitate their research. The ACSR also provides qualified
researchers with tissue, cell, blood and fluid specimens,
as well as clinical data from patients with HIV-related
malignancies and other HIV diseases.
