NRS Lothian Bioresource
The NRS Lothian Bioresource provides access to a wide range of characterised tissue collected in a healthcare setting for use in research. This includes surplus material from diagnostic specimens and surgical procedures. The Bioresource Lothian can facilitate collection of the following material: Pathology archive samples Surplus diagnostic samples - such as blood, urine or other bodily fluids Surplus diagnostic or surgical tissue Bespoke collections of tissue
Services
- Access to the full pathology archive
- Digital imaging
- Immunohistochemistry - scoring
- Immunohistochemistry - staining
- Tissue micro array creation
- Nucleic acid extraction
Networks
- The Scottish Biorepository Network The NRS Biorepository network provides researchers with efficient managed access to a wide range of high-quality and well characterised tissue from across NHS Scotland for use in research. These include surplus material from diagnostic specimens and surgical procedures either from existing collections or through facilitating collection of the required material.
Contact Information
- Email:
- rie.tissuegovernance@luht.scot.nhs.uk
- Address:
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NHS Lothian
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH1 3EG
Scotland
Annual Statistics
| Year | Access Requests Received | Access Requests Approved | ||||
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| 2022 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2023 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2024 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |