(duplicate) GOSH Rare Dermatology Diseases Resource
Research type
Research Tissue Bank
IRAS ID
235290
Research summary
Great Ormond Street Hospital Rare Dermatology Diseases Resource
REC name
London - Bloomsbury Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
17/LO/1783
Date of REC Opinion
18 Dec 2017
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion
Data collection arrangements
The samples and data to be collected and stored here are all those described in this application - in other words, blood, skin, hair, nail clippings, any other clinical sample for which there is excess for diagnostic purposes, DNA, RNA, cell cultures, data on personal details, medical condition information, family history information. The data and samples will be stored within the Genetics and Genomic Medicine department, level 1, GOS UCL Institute of Child Health.
Research programme
Great Ormond Street Hospital is adjacent to the Institute of Child Health, and works closely with it. Veronica Kinsler works in both institutions and will coordinate the research programme in ICH that will use the data and samples collected by the proposed GOSH Rare Diseases Resource (bank). There are superb facilities and collaborations already available within the Institute of Child Health, including access to next generation sequencing, advanced bio-informatics, drug design teams, gene therapy expertise, and cellular and molecular biology. These networks have already been used for Dermatology projects within our department.
Storage license
12220
RTBTitle
Great Ormond Street Hospital Rare Dermatology Diseases Resource
Establishment organisation
UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
Establishment organisation address
30 Guilford Street
London
WC1N 1EH