TwinsUK BioBank (renewal)

• Research type

  Research Tissue Bank

• IRAS ID

  341962

• Research summary

  TwinsUK BioBank

• REC name

  North West - Liverpool Central Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  24/NW/0106

• Date of REC Opinion

  5 Apr 2024

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion

• Data collection arrangements

  amples will be stored in the Twins Department laboratory.

  The twins personal data will be kept on our secure password protected database that is kept separated from a shared drive and accessible only by certain members of DTR team. All samples, phenotype and questionnaire data will be labelled and stored anonymously and cannot be linked to the volunteer by research personnel. All other data will be stored under the unique study number on the DTR phenobase.

• Research programme

  The TwinsUK BioBank will support any research programme providing they have a valid justified scientific requirement for the data and samples from the bank and appropriate funding for the resource is needed.

• Storage license

  12522

• RTBTitle

  TwinsUK BioBank

• Establishment organisation

  Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology

• Establishment organisation address

  3rd Floor, South Wing, Block D

  St Thomas' Hospital Campus

  London

  SE1 7EH