York Tissue Bank
Guidance for researchers
University of York staff and students proposing to undertake any work with human tissue must have determined whether their work will be within or outside the jurisdiction of the Human Tissue Act 2004. Failure to observe this legislation may amount to misconduct or gross misconduct and may result in disciplinary action being taken. As such, anyone working with HTA relevant material should contact us to discuss working under the universities HTA licence and to ensure compliance with the universities local rules.
If a research project has NHS Research Ethics Committee (NREC) approval it does not need to be covered by the University’s HTA licence. However, if the tissue is to be retained after NREC approval has expired it must be stored under the HTA licence. For this reason, it is required that all projects with NREC approval adhere to the processes detailed in the Quality Manual.
Any researchers external to the University of York who would like to access samples from YTB, please see our holdings and contact us if you wish to discuss access.
Documents
All participant donations will be received with fully informed consent.
- Download our consent form: YTB Participation information sheet & consent form v5 (MS Word
, 98kb)
Current holdings
- Find descriptions of our current holdings of "fit and well" cervical tissue samples at the UKCRC database or the European BBMRI-ERIC directory.
- A description of our holdings is also available from the Open Journal of Bioresources: Bioresource of Cervical Tissue Explants from Healthy Women.
- An outline of our methodology for cryopreservation of our available cervical tissue was published in the journal Cryobiology in August 2017.
Applications
- For internal or external applicants requesting access to samples held in the York Tissue Bank, please use this form: YTBSOP008 Application Form 1.3 (MS Word
, 70kb)
- For internal University of York applicants applying to transfer samples from other approved Tissue Banks into York Tissue Bank, please contact us for advice and complete this document: HTASOP060 Acquisition & Transfer 3.4 (MS Word
, 101kb)
Publications
- Methodology for reliable and reproducible cryopreservation of human cervical tissue (Crybiology)
- Bioresource of Cervical Tissue Explants from Healthy Women (Open Journal of Bioresources)
- Human CEACAM1 is targeted by a Streptococcus pyogenes adhesin implicated in puerperal sepsis pathogenesis (Nature Communications)
Other York resources
VIVO BioBank
The University of York and Newcastle have joined forces with two leading cancer charities to create a new biobank that will provide vital resources for researchers working to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer in children and young people.
VIVO Biobank builds on the samples previously collected by the CCLG Tissue Bank and CellBank. The biobank is supported by the charities Cancer Research UK and Blood Cancer UK and will provide cancer researchers with a centralised collection of cell and tissue samples from children and young people affect by cancer across the country.