Resource index: Tissues

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Consent (Tissues)

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

  PDF page 17 - Section 6: Consent.

Human Tissue Authority Licences

• HTA Licence Fees

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

• HTA List of Licensed Establishments

  HTA List of Licensed Establishments.

• HTA licensing and inspections

  HTA web pages on Licensing and inspections.

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

  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

  Applicable for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Information to participants

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

  PDF page 20 - Section 8: Feedback of Information.

Inspections

• HTA Inspections

  HTA web page on Inspections.

• HTA Summary Reports on Inspection Findings

  These reports provide information about the HTA's inspection findings and regulatory activity for the business years 2009/10, 2008-09 and 2007-08.

• MRC Guidance: Tips for HTA Inspections (doc)

  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

  PDF page 14 - Section 4: Use of human material for commercial research.

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

  PDF page 23 - Section 9: Management of collections of human material. PDF page 25 - 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 (Sept 2009)

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

• HTA Code of Practice on Disposal of human tissue

  Detailed guidance from HTA on the disposal of human tissue.

• HTA Code of Practice on Import and Export (May 2007)

  Detailed guidance from HTA on the import/export requirements.

• HTA Code of Practice on Research (Sept 2009)

  Detailed guidance from HTA on the use of human tissues in research.

• HTA Code of Practice on Research (Sept 2009)

  HTA standards, see Governance and quality systems.

• HTA Code of Practice on Research (Sept 2009)

  HTA standards, see Human tissue and research.

• HTA Post Mortem webpages

  HTA Post Mortem webpages.

• HTA ‘relevant material’ webpage

  More detailed information from HTA describing relevant material.

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

  PDF page 25 - Section 10: Established collections.

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

  PDF page 24: Using established collections in research – a decision tree.

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

  PDF page 12 - Section 3: Use of human material surplus to clinical requirements for research.

• MRC Guidance: Standards for transfer of human tissues

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

• MRC RSC e-learning: Research and Human Tissue legislation

  Research and Human Tissue legislation e-learning.

• MRC Research and Human Tissue Legislation Series: Consent

  Applicable for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

• MRC Research and Human Tissue Legislation Series: DNA Analysis

  Applicable for all of the UK.

• MRC Research and Human Tissue Legislation Series: Disposal

  Applicable for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

• MRC Research and Human Tissue Legislation Series: Import and Export

  Applicable for all of UK.

• MRC Research and Human Tissue Legislation Series: Scotland

  Applicable for Scotland.

• NCRI Oncology Information Exchange

  Link to the NCRI ONcology Information eXchange (ONIX). A free-to-use portal that connects many of the main public sources of cancer research data.

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

  Detailed information from Scottish Executive.