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REC Reference
07/H0716/51
REC Name
The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and Institute of Neurology Joint REC
Name of establishment responsible for the bank
UCL Institute of Neurology
Short title
Queen Square Brain Bank for Neurological Disorders (QSBB), Dept. of Molecular Neuroscience
Title of Bank
Queen Square Brain Bank for Neurological Disorders (QSBB), Dept. of Molecular Neuroscience
Contact Point Name/Address
Permission to publish contact details not yet received
Contact Point Phones
Permission to publish contact details not yet received
Types of Sample from living
N/A
Types of Sample from deceased
In all cases brain is collected. In addition, spinal cord, cerebrospinal fluid and blood samples are collected in selected cases.
Intended use of Samples
The QSBB's mission is to support research in neurodegenerative diseases and, using established MREC approved protocols, it provides tissue samples to researchers working in the QSBB, Institute of Neurology and elsewhere in the UK and overseas.
Research data are published in peer-reviewed journals. As a direct result of the effort made by the QSBB a significant number of scientific papers have been published in peer-reviewed journals by members of the QSBB, other scientists of the Institute of Neurology and The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (46 papers in 2005-2006) and also from institutions supported by the QSBB with brain tissue.
Research to be undertaken
Research projects sponsored or conducted by the QSBB are in research in neurodegenerative diseases.
Decision
Favourable Opinion
HTA licence number
not yet received
Date published
19/05/2011
