(duplicate) Queen Square Brain Bank for Neurological Disorders and NeuroResource

• Research type

  Research Tissue Bank

• IRAS ID

  246790

• Research summary

  Queen Square Brain Bank for Neurological Disorders (QSBB) and NeuroResource (NR)

• REC name

  London - Central Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  18/LO/0721

• Date of REC Opinion

  8 May 2018

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion

• Data collection arrangements

  Samples/data are stored at Queen Square Brain Bank for Neurological Disorders or NeuroResource, UCL Institute of Neurology, 1 Wakefield Street, London. Brain, spinal cord, dura, cerebrospinal fluid and blood are collected from donors nationwide who have had a variety of neurological and neurodegenerative diseases. Potential donors are registered via our donor scheme during life. Tissue samples and data are stored in a secure, HTA licenced facility.

• Research programme

  The QSBB and NeuroResource support in-house research and research undertaken at UCL Institute of Neurology, UCL and other UK and overseas centres. Over many years the QSBB and NeuroResource have facilitated research into neurodegenerative conditions by providing well characterised tissue samples to the scientific community.

• Storage license

  12198

• RTBTitle

  Queen Square Brain Bank for Neurological Disorders (QSBB) and NeuroResource (NR)

• Establishment organisation

  UCL Institute of Neurology

• Establishment organisation address

  23 Queen Square

  London

  WC1N 3BG