Who Funds and Oversees the Work of the Tissue Bank?
The UK Parkinsons Disease Society Tissue Bank is wholly funded by the Parkinsons Disease Society of the UK (Registered Charity 258197). The Tissue Bank does not charge any of the researchers (irrespective of where they work) for the tissue that they have received. Tissue is donated to the Tissue Bank as a gift, with the Parkinsons Disease Society having ultimate custodianship of all material that it has procured. The Parkinsons Disease Society has put in place a system of governance that ensures that the work of the Tissue Bank is regularly reviewed by an independent panel that includes experts on Parkinsons disease, tissue banking and Parkinsons disease research. In addition, the literature, consent forms and procedures that are used by the Tissue Bank have all gained approval from the appropiate national ethics committee. Does the Tissue Bank Need to Know my Medical History? Since it is essential to relate studies on samples of tissue to the medical history of the tissue donor, we ne
