CRH human tissue resources for research Name of biobank / tissue resource Relevant website (if available) List of relevant pathologies, tissue types and how they are stored Contact (if wishing to access materials to discuss availability of tissue, governance and ethics issues) Edinburgh Reproductive Tissue Bank Edinburgh Reproductive Tissue Bank website Reproductive tissues Contact: R.Reynolds@ed.ac.uk The Scottish HPV archive https://shine.ed.ac.uk/research-updates/scottish-hpv-archive Cervical liquid-based cytology (LBC) samples and derivatives thereof (including nucleic acid) stored frozen at -25C and -80C. PI: Kate Cuschieri Contact: hpvarchive@ed.ac.uk or hana.elasifer@ed.ac.uk Human zygotes N/A Fixed, antibody-stained, human zygotes on slides. PI: Chih-Jen LIN Contact: Chih-Jen.Lin@ed.ac.uk Human corpus luteum N/A Normal human CL tissue fixed and paraffin embedded. Some frozen at -80C. PI: Colin Duncan Contact: W.C.Duncan@ed.ac.uk Human PCOS Plasma from obese PCOS and weight matched controls. Subcutaneous adipose tissue Subcutaneous adipose tissue, paraffin embedded and stored frozen at -80C. Protect study N/A Blood samples from adolescents with cancer before and after treatment, stored at -80. PI: Richard Anderson Contact: richard.anderson@ed.ac.uk EXPPECT Group Tissue Resource (consists of several clinical studies with consent to use tissue resources for other ethically approved studies) N/A Endometriosis: Serum, plasma, saliva, urine, peritoneal fluid, all stored at -80C Paraffin embedded blocks endometrium, ectopic endometrium, peritoneum PI: Andrew Horne and Philippa Saunders Contact: f.collins@ed.ac.uk Endometrial Cancer: paraffin embedded blocks Female Reproductive Tract Tissue Resource Tissue resource is overseen by Lothian NRS BioResource. N/A Stored samples and new samples include: cells and tissues from the female reproductive tract and peritoneal cavity, venous blood and urine. PI: Professor Hilary Critchley Contact: hilary.critchley @ed.ac.uk This article was published on 2024-09-10
