Liverpool Blood Diseases Bank

• Research type

  Research Tissue Bank

• IRAS ID

  307940

• Research summary

  Liverpool Blood Diseases Bank

• REC name

  North West - Liverpool Central Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  22/NW/0001

• Date of REC Opinion

  7 Mar 2022

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion

• Data collection arrangements

  The Tissue is stored in the centralised institute facility on the third floor of the William Henry Duncan (WHD) Building (room 320, Freezer room 2). All paperwork (consent forms) are stored in a locked filing cabinet in room 1/022, 1st floor WHD Bldg. Each floor and room in the WHD has swipe card access. A database holding the patient key and clinical information will be held on the University of Liverpool server. The database will be password protected and only be available to staff members with NHS research passports and appropriate training. All samples and data leaving the NHS will only be referred to by code. An anonymised version of the database on the research departments shared drive (access is limited to users with appropriate HTA and GCP training, as well as familiarity with any and all SOPs pertaining to proper use of the biobank)

• Research programme

  The Liverpool Blood Diseases Biobank (LBDB) is a Research Tissue Bank (RTB) set up to facilitate the research within the University of Liverpool (UoL) and primarily with Haemato-oncology researchers and their collaborators. The aim of the LBDB is to store a range of samples from patients with blood cancer to further research within this area, or to further enhance the knowledge of the biology of cancer.

• Storage license

  12020

• RTBTitle

  Liverpool Blood Diseases Bank

• Establishment organisation

  University of Liverpool

• Establishment organisation address

  Dept Molecular and Clinical Cancer Med

  First Floor, Sherrington Building

  Ashton Street, Liverpool

  L69 3GE