Core B: Muscle Tissue and Cell Culture Repository
Director: Dr. Steven A. Moore
Co-Director: Dr. Tobias Willer
Repository
The Repository currently contains skeletal muscle biopsies from approximately 3000 neuromuscular disease patients and fibroblast cultures from approximately 10 muscular dystrophy patients.
De-identified information about individual biopsies or cultures in the Repository can be found in a searchable database by clicking on the Database link below. Research scientists may request tissue from specific biopsies or cell cultures from specific patients by completing the appropriate forms. In order to accrue new biopsies or cell cultures in the Repository, patient consent forms must be completed.
Special Diagnostics Core
A wide range of muscular dystrophy testing services is currently available in the Department of Pathology at the University of Iowa.
Information, requisitions, and shipping instructions for this routine testing can be accessed via the Pathology Muscular Dystrophy Testing Website.
The Special Diagnostics Core in the Iowa Wellstone MDCRC will provide protein-based testing for muscular dystrophy patients that is not available in the Iowa clinical laboratories. At the present time this includes only western blot analysis of skeletal muscle biopsies to evaluate the expression of calpain-3 or dysferlin. Additional tests will be added over time. For additional information please contact Steven A.
Moore.
Dr. Steven A. Moore's Pathology Research Laboratory Website
Dr. Steven A. Moore's Faculty Website