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Tissue Sharing

• MRC Ethics Series: Human Tissues and Biological Samples for Use in Research

  Section 4: Use of human material for commercial research.

• MRC Ethics Series: Human Tissues and Biological Samples for Use in Research

  Section 9: Management of collections of human material. Section 10: Established collections.

Tissues

• HTA / NRES Joint Position Statement on Diagnostic Archives used for Research

  The HTA and NRES have developed a joint position statement that sets out licensing, ethical approval and consent requirements and options.

• HTA Code of Practice on Consent (revised Sept 2009)

  Detailed guidance from HTA on the consent requirements of the Human Tissue Act 2004.

• HTA Code of Practice on Research

  The HTA Code of Practice on Research came into force on 15 September 2009 and includes consent and licensing requirements relevant to the research community.

• Human Tissue Authority Code of Practice on Import and Export (pdf)

  Detailed guidance from HTA on the import/export requirements.

• Human Tissue Authority web page on ‘relevant material’

  More detailed information from HTA describing relevant material.

• MRC Ethics Series: Human Tissues and Biological Samples for Use in Research

  Section 10: Established collections.

• MRC Ethics Series: Human Tissues and Biological Samples for Use in Research

  Page 22: Using established collections in research – a decision tree.

• MRC Ethics Series: Human Tissues and Biological Samples for Use in Research

  Section 3: Use of human material surplus to clinical requirements for research.

• MRC Guidance: Standards for transfer of human tissues (pdf) (updated July 2009)

  MRC guidance on transfer of human tissue samples, developed for MRC research units but applicable to all.

  MRC Guidance standards for transfer of Human tissue (updated July 2009) (pdf) (26KB)

• MRC Research and Human Tissue Legislation Series: Consent (pdf)

  Applicable for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

• MRC Research and Human Tissue Legislation Series: Disposal (pdf)

  Applicable for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

• MRC Research and Human Tissue Legislation Series: Import and Export (pdf)

  Applicable to all of UK.

• MRC Research and Human Tissue Legislation Series: Scotland (pdf)

  Applicable for Scotland.

• Scottish Executive Web page on Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006

  Detailed information from Scottish Executive.

• onCore UK website

  Information on this national cancer tissue bank, relevant for all tissue banks