Synchrotron Characterisation of Covid-19 tissues

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Quantifying the impact of Covid-19 on lung tissue micro-vascularization Proposal for Beamtime on I13-2

• IRAS ID

  283578

• Contact name

  Peter Lee

• Contact email

  peter.lee@ucl.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  University College London

• Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier

  CiET1819/10, RAEng Personal Chair

• Duration of Study in the UK

  1 years, 0 months, 0 days

• Research summary

  This study aims to characterise lung samples from Covid-19 patients at a microvasculature / tissue level using the UK's synchrotron, Diamond Light Source. Samples will be imported from the Hannover Unified Biobank at Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (collected post-mortem with appropriate ethical approval in Germany). These sampless will be characterised, and compared to samples with other lung pathologies.

• REC name

  East Midlands - Derby Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  20/EM/0131

• Date of REC Opinion

  5 May 2020

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion