Focus on NHS/Industry Morag McFarlane, PhD “World Leaders in Human Tissue Provision”
Provision of quality human tissues and other biological materials Prospective collections & off-the shelf-rapid access The right material for the right experiment Delivered in a timely fashion Using a large network of sources worldwide Full commercial rights to all samples Compliant with the highest international ethical requirements Your Virtual Biobank
Types of Tissue Fresh Surgical Excess or PM Biopsies Other Biomaterials - Blood, urine, CSF etc Frozen (FF or OCT) FFPE Matched Pairs Detailed clinical annotations Long term follow up data Low ischemia time Cells Custom Procurement Routine Samples
Who do we support?
Strength in our Network All sources vetted IRB or ethics committee approval Written consent of donors Respect & dignity for tissue samples & donors UK, Europe, Australia & USA Commercial biobanks Not for profit tissue banks Hospitals Brain bank Organ donor programs NRES Research Tissue Bank Skin, bloods, urine, saliva, faeces etc
Case Study NRES approved Virtual Tissue Bank License Fresh skin biopsies and matching bloods Fresh bloods from tightly defined diseased groups Fresh bloods for companion diagnostic validation Fresh saliva, urine, faeces for diagnostics development Fresh normal skin for regulatory testing
Room for improvement Current project Who is the correct contact? Commercial timelines?
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