Tissue Solutions Ltd Virtual Biobank

• Research type

  Research Tissue Bank

• IRAS ID

  193892

• Research summary

  Tissue Solutions Ltd Virtual Biobank

• REC name

  West of Scotland REC 4

• REC reference

  15/WS/0277

• Date of REC Opinion

  5 Jan 2016

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion

• Data collection arrangements

  Tissue Solutions Research Tissue Bank collects human biomaterials for research purposes. Samples are collected on demand, to researchers specific requirements, at approved collaborating clinical sites and transported directly to researchers.

  Disease areas: Psoriasis, Dermatitis, Inflammatory & autoimmune diseases, Cancer, Haematological diseases, PV, Blood Borne Viruses and healthy donors.

  Samples types: Blood 50ml & from capillary puncture, Biopsy from lesional and/or healthy skin (max 2 per donor), Buccal swabs, Urine (max 100ml), Stool, Saliva, Diagnostic Remnants & Surgical surplus Skin from cosmetic surgery

• Research programme

  Tissue Solutions Virtual Biobank distributes human samples to commercial and non-commercial researchers interested in Pharmaceutical or biomedical research, including but not limited to the following areas of biomedicine: • Pre-clinical drug discovery and drug development, • Diagnostics • Biomarkers research for evaluating drug efficacy and toxicology • Translational medicine • Xenografts to establish models of psoriasis

• RTBTitle

  Tissue Solutions Ltd Virtual Biobank

• Establishment organisation

  Tissue Solutions Ltd

• Establishment organisation address

  Suite 1.2, Fleming Pavilion, Todd Campus

  West of Scotland Science Park

  Glasgow

  G20 0XA