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The Christchurch Tissue Bank is supervised by the
Tissue Bank Board. The Board meets monthly as part of the Canterbury
Cancer Network to consider any applications to use banked tissues,
any ethics committee requirements, and the Tissue Bank Curators
report. The Tissue Bank Boards role is to ensure stored tissue
is used appropriately for research and in the best interests
of the tissue donors. This is achieved by ensuring that all
ethical requirements are met and that research projects are
scientifically valid. The boards governing role includes responsibility
for the physical security of the specimens and associated clinico-pathological
data.
Members of the Tissue Bank
Board include clinical and scientific representatives
from Christchurch Hospital and/or University of Otago,
Christchurch departments of Oncology, Anatomical Pathology,
General and Specialised
Surgery,
Pathology and Haematology.
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Helen
Morrin freezing a sample ready for the University of
Otago, Christchurch
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CCaN
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