Resource index: Tissues

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Consent (Tissues)

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

  Section 6: Consent.

Human Tissue Authority Licences

• Human Tissue Authority Code of Practice 5 (pdf)

  Removal, storage and disposal of human organs and tissue.

• Human Tissue Authority Licence Fees

  Link to Human Tissue Authority web pages on Licence fees and payment

• Human Tissue Authority licensing

  Link to HTA web pages on Licensing

• MRC Guidance: Applying for a Human Tissue Authority Licence (pdf)

  Guidance developed for MRC research units applying for an HTA Licence, applicable to all

  MRC Guidance on applying for an HTA licence (248KB)

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

  Applicable for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Information to participants

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

  Section 8: Feedback of Information.

Inspections

• HTA Summary Inspection Report - Research 2006-2008

  The HTA summary inspection report on research, summarising the key learning points from a range of information that the HTA holds about the establishments that it regulates.

• Human Tissue Authority Inspections

  HTA web page on Inspections

• MRC Guidance: Tips for HTA Inspections (pdf)

  Guidance produced for MRC units on HTA Inspections and the role of the DI, applicable to all.

  Tips for HTA inspections (104KB)

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