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BioResource Centres Map
The three principles of the BioResource are:
Single Consent | Sample collection, access to health-related records & recall based on genotype and/or phenotype – Research Tissue bank (RTB) & RD ethics |
Single Repository | NIHR National BioSample Centre in Milton Keynes |
Single Database |
PID, clinical, phenotypic & genetic data, & access to NHS Health and Social Care Network (N3) national network |
The Organisation structure:

Studies are lead by different centres across the country with a coordinating role in Cambridge.