A microscopic section of kidney tissue. Liverpool Tissue Bank was a UK first 20 years ago
A special ceremony has been held to celebrate the 20th anniversary of a University of Liverpool cancer research facility which contains over 45,000 samples used by scientists to study the disease.
The Liverpool Tissue Bank was established at the University of Liverpool in 1993, following a donation of nearly £2.2 million from Candis Club.
The resource centre collects samples from a wide variety of tissue types, including breast cancer and pancreas tumours, donated by consenting patients who have undergone surgery for cancer.
Professor Sarah Coupland, Liverpool Tissue Bank director said: “The Liverpool Tissue Bank was a UK first and I think it showed tremendous foresight to collect tissue in a coordinated manner and to make sure that the quality of the specimen was excellent, so all sorts of research could be performed.”
To date, more than 45,000 samples have been collected by the Liverpool Tissue Bank, each of which has been carefully stored to provide researchers with invaluable material for studying the underlying mechanisms involved in diseases such as cancer.
