Early Pregnancy Tissue Collection (renewal of 13/NW/0205)
Research type
Research Tissue Bank
IRAS ID
238288
Contact name
Neil A Hanley
Contact email
Research summary
Early Pregnancy Tissue Collection
REC name
North West - Haydock Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/NW/0096
Date of REC Opinion
26 Mar 2018
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion
Data collection arrangements
The Early Pregnancy Tissue Collection requests consent from women undergoing termination of pregnancy. Samples and data are stored anonymously by researchers at the University of Manchester and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. The consent and collection arrangements involve no additional interventions beyond normal clinical care. The team overseeing the research are very experienced in this work and deliver a dedicated practice at every step.
Research programme
The collected material facilitates research into human developmental biology for the general benefit of how future pregnancies and how children born with developmental abnormalities are cared for. It is imperative to understand the development and function of the early placenta and developing organs, as without this knowledge it is impossible to appreciate what can go wrong. By understanding how very specialised cells first develop, the research programme also provides the underpinning knowledge for regenerative medicine, the ambitious branch of medicine to learn how to generate new cells and repair damaged tissues in adult bodies.
Storage license
12172
RTBTitle
Early Pregnancy Tissue Collection
Establishment organisation
University of Manchester
Establishment organisation address
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PT