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An e-commerce exchange for gathering and managing a widely distributed inventory of blood, tissue and other samples for the biomedical research community and pharmaceutical industries worldwide. Samples belonging to registered sample providers are entered into a database at a central host site which

An e-commerce exchange for gathering and managing a widely distributed inventory of blood, tissue and other samples for the biomedical research community and pharmaceutical industries worldwide. Samples belonging to registered sample providers are entered into a database at a central host site which is part of a distributed computer network. The samples are tagged by fields to cross reference the samples according to a number of specified criteria. Registered buyers search the database according to desired criteria. When the criteria of the search request matches the criteria specified for a particular sample, the central host site approves and supervises transfer of the particular sample from the supplier to the requesting buyer. Additionally, when the search request is not successful, there being no matching sample, the buyer may enter the requested sample criteria onto a wish list. A sample supplier having an unlisted sample meeting the criteria of an biological sample on the wish list may enter the sample into the database and the central host site will notify the buyer of sample availability and prompt transfer to the buyer.

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1. A method of implementing, with a central host site, an electronic commerce exchange for a web-integrated inventory of biological samples, the method comprising:inputting identification information on a plurality of biological samples to a central host site inventory database, said plurality of bi

1. A method of implementing, with a central host site, an electronic commerce exchange for a web-integrated inventory of biological samples, the method comprising:inputting identification information on a plurality of biological samples to a central host site inventory database, said plurality of biological samples belonging to at least one sample provider; inputting a search request to the database for a biological sample, the search request containing specified search criteria; searching the database for a biological sample matching the specified search criteria; displaying a search result; and notifying, in response to a positive search result, a potential buyer of an availability of said biological sample.