Dr Claire Gordon was invited to discuss the challenges faced by ADTB in collecting samples after hours at the 20th annual Australian Biospecimen Network Association (ABNA) conference, held at SeaWorld on the Gold Coast.

“ADTB is one of a few programs worldwide that facilitates access to healthy human tissue samples immediately after death”, said Dr Gordon.

She explained that while priority is given to viable organs suitable for transplantation, the ADTB program is able to collect samples from organs unsuitable for transplant. This is crucial for studying memory T-cells that reside in organs like the lung.

Dr Gordon also detailed the significant logistics involved at every stage of this process.

This article was adapted from an original article in the October 2023 Bio-Babble issued by ABNA.