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Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 8 Oct 2024 | Updated: 228 days ago

UCL / UCLH Biobank for Studying Health and Disease

Dataset

Documentation

Description:
The Biobank stores normal and pathological specimens, surplus to diagnostic requirements, from relevant tissues and bodily fluids. Stored tissues include; snap-frozen or cryopreserved tissue, formalin-fixed tissue, paraffin-embedded tissues, and slides prepared for histological examination. Tissues include resection specimens obtained surgically or by needle core biopsy. Bodily fluids include; whole blood, serum, plasma, urine, cerebrospinal fluid, milk, saliva and buccal smears and cytological specimens such as sputum and cervical smears. Fine needle aspirates obtained from tissues and bodily cavities (e.g. pleura and peritoneum) are also collected. Where appropriate the Biobank also stores separated cells, protein, DNA and RNA isolated from collected tissues and bodily fluids described above. Some of the tissue and aspirated samples are stored as part of the diagnostic archive.

Coverage

Spatial:
United Kingdom,England
Typical Age Range:
40-150

Provenance

Temporal

Distribution Release Date:
25 May 2018
Start Date:
01 January 1999
Time Lag:
Variable

Accessibility

Access

Access Rights:
Please contact the publisher using Contact Point details provided
Access Request Cost:
Not specified
Delivery Lead Time:
Not applicable
Data Controller:
University College London

Usage

Resource Creators:
In Progress

Format and Standards

Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
LOCAL
Languages:
en
Formats:
In Progress