Targeted screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Testing of heel prick (Guthrie) blood samples from newborn babies, with a failed cytogenetic test response to phytohaemagglutinin, for T-cell Receptor Excision Circles (TRECs) as targeted screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID)

• IRAS ID

  98291

• Contact name

  DJ Unsworth

• Contact email

  joe.unsworth@nbt.nhs.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  North Bristol NHS TRust

• REC name

  South Central - Oxford B Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  12/SC/0642

• Date of REC Opinion

  10 Dec 2012

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion