Ethical Tissue: A Bioresource Specialising in Broad Prospective Supply of Tissue from a Wide Range of Participants

Abstract

Ethical Tissue (ET) is a Research Tissue Bank specialising in researcher led prospective collection of tissues. ET does not focus on specific conditions nor is it restricted in who it can supply. We consider requests for any type of tissue, including biofluids such as blood, serum, plasma and urine, from researchers in academia or industry from any part of the world. Tissues and biofluids are collected under generic and lasting consent, maximising reuse/sharing potential. ET also provides tissue processing services including tissue micro-arrays from both fresh frozen tissues and FFPE blocks, primary cell cultures, subcellular fractions and DNA/RNA preparations. A list of banked tissues, including biofluids, cell lines and processed samples is available on the ET website. Funding statement: The major source of income for Ethical Tissue is through cost recovery. In addition the authors would like to acknowledge the ongoing support of the University of Bradford.

Keywords

• researcher led
• prospective
• difficult-to-source
• generic and lasting consent