A-Z List of ARI Programs Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) AIDS Action Network (UCSF student AIDS advocacy group) AIDS and Cancer Specimen Resource (ACSR) AIDS Biology Program of the Division of Experimental Medicine AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC) National Resource Center AIDS Malignancy Consortium AIDS Policy Research Center AIDS Specimen Bank Alliance Health Project ASPIRE (AIDS Services—Prevention, Interventions, Research, and Education) Bay Area Perinatal AIDS Center (BAPAC) Blood Systems Research Institute (BSRI) Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) UCSF-GIVI Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) Center for Health Improvement and Prevention Studies (CHIPS) Center for HIV Information (CHI) Center of Excellence for Transgender Health Clinical Research Services Cochrane Review Group on HIV/AIDS Community Consortium Craik Laboratory Curry International TB Center Drug Research Unit at San Francisco General Hospital FACES (Family AIDS Care and Education Services) Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology Global Health Sciences HERO (Healthcare Evaluation Record Organizer) HIV InSite International Center of HIV/AIDS Research & Clinical Training in Nursing International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH) Junior Faculty AIDS Researchers ARI Laboratory of Clinical Virology Laboratory of Matija Peterlin Laboratory of Raul Andino Levy Laboratory for Tumor and AIDS Virus Research National HIV/AIDS Clinicians' Consultation Center (NCCC) Nursing HIV/AIDS Center Options Project Oral AIDS Center Osher Center for Integrative Medicine Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center (PAETC) Positive Health Program–HIV/AIDS Division at SFGH Positive Health Program Education Unit Prevention and Public Health Group San Francisco Area AIDS Education and Training Center (SFAETC) San Francisco Department of Public Health, HIV Prevention Section San Francisco Department of Public Health, Bridge HIV San Francisco Department of Public Health, HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Section SCOPE Cohort 360: The Positive Care Center at UCSF Women's HIV Interdisciplinary Network Women's HIV Program at UCSF Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS)

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PBMC Processing

Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) are separated from red blood cells, neutrophils, and granulocytes in whole blood by density gradient centrifugation using Ficoll-hypaque (density 1.077). After separation and multiple cell washings, cells are counted on a Coulter counter and aliquoted in cryopreservation media (90% fetal calf serum and 10% DMSO) for viable recovery.

Cell Pellet

This processing includes PBMC separation as described above plus an additional cell pellet prep. Thus, a client will be charged a PBMC prep fee and a cell pellet fee.

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