Bio Bank
Bio banks have historically been pivotal in determining the etiology and pathogenesis of many diseases, including MS, hepatitis B & C, cancer and AIDS.
History of the Whittemore Peterson Institute Bio Bank:
The Whittemore Peterson Institute felt it important to build a modern bio bank when it first began in 2006. This bio bank, funded and created through the non-profit organization, was developed to support the study and understanding of the cause of illness in thousands of physician diagnosed ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, atypical MS and autism patients from around the world. The WPI's bio bank is made of over 8,000 specimens, fully catagorized and coded, and is the cornerstone of the WPI research program. Using these samples and the associated clinical data we and investigators world-wide are beginning to unravel the causes of the disease. With support from the Nevada ME/CFS foundation, Pat Fero and the Wisconsin Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Association, WPI repository is now the world's largest ME/CFS sample repository containing:
* More than 8000 samples
* Fully categorized, searchable database of patient and sample data
Dr. Daniel Peterson understood the promise that a historical bio bank could bring to scientific understanding thus he began collecting and storing patient samples in the early 1980's. However, it is important to note that no samples from this historical bio bank were used in the Institute's XMRV studies.
FAQs about the Whittemore Peterson Institute Bio Bank
* What is it? [view answer...]
WPI repository is made up of over 8,000 well-characterized and coded samples.
* When was it created? [view answer...]
All samples were collected from 2006-2009, under the WPI's research department with signed patient consent forms.
* Where did the samples come from for the XMRV study? [view answer...]
The WPI repository samples came from patients who live in many different locations around the US. Physicians who contributed patient samples include: Dr. David Bell, Dr. Paul Cheney, Dr. Daniel Peterson, and Dr. Eric Gordon. Other individual patient samples came from individuals who became ill while living in California, Wisconsin, South Dakota, etc.
* How were the patients diagnosed? [view answer...]
Patients were physician diagnosed using the Canadian Consensus criteria and the CDC criteria and after exclusion of other inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
* Were any patients with lymphoma mentioned in the XMRV study? [view answer...]
Blood samples from the WPI repository were chosen at random and there were no patients chosen with lymphoma or mention of lymphoma in this study. Another preliminary study was done at a later date that had nothing to do with the XMRV Science publication.
* What about Dr. Peterson's private repository? [view answer...]
Dr. Peterson has a repository of samples from the original out break in Incline Village, Nevada which also includes longitudinal samples taken from patients from the 1980's through 2005. None of these samples were used in the XMRV study.
For more information about depositing tissues or donation opportunities please contact us via email at: info@wpinstitute.org
Bio banks have historically been pivotal in determining the etiology and pathogenesis of many diseases, including MS, hepatitis B & C, cancer and AIDS.
History of the Whittemore Peterson Institute Bio Bank:
The Whittemore Peterson Institute felt it important to build a modern bio bank when it first began in 2006. This bio bank, funded and created through the non-profit organization, was developed to support the study and understanding of the cause of illness in thousands of physician diagnosed ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, atypical MS and autism patients from around the world. The WPI's bio bank is made of over 8,000 specimens, fully catagorized and coded, and is the cornerstone of the WPI research program. Using these samples and the associated clinical data we and investigators world-wide are beginning to unravel the causes of the disease. With support from the Nevada ME/CFS foundation, Pat Fero and the Wisconsin Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Association, WPI repository is now the world's largest ME/CFS sample repository containing:
* More than 8000 samples
* Fully categorized, searchable database of patient and sample data
Dr. Daniel Peterson understood the promise that a historical bio bank could bring to scientific understanding thus he began collecting and storing patient samples in the early 1980's. However, it is important to note that no samples from this historical bio bank were used in the Institute's XMRV studies.
FAQs about the Whittemore Peterson Institute Bio Bank
* What is it? [view answer...]
WPI repository is made up of over 8,000 well-characterized and coded samples.
* When was it created? [view answer...]
All samples were collected from 2006-2009, under the WPI's research department with signed patient consent forms.
* Where did the samples come from for the XMRV study? [view answer...]
The WPI repository samples came from patients who live in many different locations around the US. Physicians who contributed patient samples include: Dr. David Bell, Dr. Paul Cheney, Dr. Daniel Peterson, and Dr. Eric Gordon. Other individual patient samples came from individuals who became ill while living in California, Wisconsin, South Dakota, etc.
* How were the patients diagnosed? [view answer...]
Patients were physician diagnosed using the Canadian Consensus criteria and the CDC criteria and after exclusion of other inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
* Were any patients with lymphoma mentioned in the XMRV study? [view answer...]
Blood samples from the WPI repository were chosen at random and there were no patients chosen with lymphoma or mention of lymphoma in this study. Another preliminary study was done at a later date that had nothing to do with the XMRV Science publication.
* What about Dr. Peterson's private repository? [view answer...]
Dr. Peterson has a repository of samples from the original out break in Incline Village, Nevada which also includes longitudinal samples taken from patients from the 1980's through 2005. None of these samples were used in the XMRV study.
For more information about depositing tissues or donation opportunities please contact us via email at: info@wpinstitute.org