The REPROCELL Stem Cell Bank

• Research type

  Research Tissue Bank

• IRAS ID

  320162

• Research summary

  The REPROCELL Stem Cell Bank - For the Identification and Characterisation of New Medicines

• REC name

  West of Scotland REC 4

• REC reference

  22/WS/0148

• Date of REC Opinion

  9 Dec 2022

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion

• Data collection arrangements

  Stem cell lines and associated data will be collected and stored in the REPROCELL Europe Ltd Stem Cell Bank, based within the REPROCELL Europe premises located in The West of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow.

  All donors to the bank are ethically approached and consented, and donations collected via dedicated tissue collection sites throughout the UK.

• Research programme

  The REPROCELL Stem Cell Bank will support a large research community both within the academic and pharmaceutical sectors. The primary research aim is to establish a bank of stem cell lines to investigate the biological mechanisms, efficacy and safety of new drugs and treatments. As such, the main research programmes will include (but are not limited to) disease modelling and mechanism studies, gene editing, drug development and discovery, early stage cellular therapy studies, toxicology screening and stem cell technology development.

• RTBTitle

  The REPROCELL Stem Cell Bank - For the Identification and Characterisation of New Medicines

• Establishment organisation

  REPROCELL Europe Limited

• Establishment organisation address

  Thomson Pavilion - Todd Campus

  West of Scotland Science Park

  Acre Road

  G20 0XA