NCRAD: Advancing Alzheimer's research through high-quality biospecimens and data.

ABSTRACT: The National Centralized Repository for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (NCRAD) was established in 2002 to support research on the genetics of Alzheimer's disease. NCRAD quickly became a central resource, banking samples from numerous studies and distributing them to researchers worldwide. As genetic risk variants were identified, NCRAD prepared for functional studies by expanding its collections to include peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), RNA, and biofluids. Over the past decade, NCRAD's extensive repository of plasma, serum, and cerebrospinal fluid was essential to the development of fluid biomarkers. NCRAD's rigorous best practices for sample collection, processing, and distribution ensure biospecimens are of the highest quality for a broad range of experimental app

SUBMITTER: Edler MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12438449 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature