Donor Groups

Bio-samples collected from healthy volunteers

Bio-samples are obtained from healthy volunteers within the staff cohort of the University of Bradford. The samples collected include, but are not limited to, blood and urine samples.

Bio-samples collected from patient donors

Bio-samples from patient donors are collected at therapeutic intervention.  They include:

• Normal and disease tissue from surgical resections
• Surplus bone and skin samples
• Additional biopsy samples
• Surplus /additional body fluids

Bio-samples collected from cadaveric donors

Bio-samples from the deceased are sourced from organisations such as therapeutic tissue banks and collected specifically for research purposes.

Bio-samples collected from transplant donors

Bio-samples from transplant donors are collected when the tissue available has subsequently been found to be non-transplantable or has been specifically sourced for research purposes.