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Tissue samples were obtained as surplus tissue from various medical procedures conducted at the Cleveland Clinic, generously provided by the department of Pathology.
Ethics approval was given for the research use of surplus tissue not required for diagnosis.
Is this change in the status of surplus tissue really needed?
Consent could be obtained for research uses of surplus tissue, de novo research projects, organ donation and clinical trials.
The requirement for patient consent to analysis of this surplus tissue and the involvement of numerous local RECs lead to a substantial encumberance and extra expense.
A variation of this strategy, where patients are invited to opt-in to the anonymous donation of surplus tissue after clinical tests, was also discussed.
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The formalin perfused mouse liver and kidney tissues that were used to make the mouse-human fusion blocks were surplus tissues obtained from studies of the mouse olfactory system done at the University of Utah Department of Physiologyy).
The use of surplus tissues not only benefits investigators in their research efforts but allows simultaneous analysis of multiple organs in a single mouse providing scope for a more comprehensive assessment if the data were to be shared.
The major concept behind ShARM was born from the observation that research groups able to maintain ageing colonies are usually interested in a small number of tissues from each mouse and at the time of sacrifice, the surplus tissues are discarded.
Liver was obtained from patients undergoing surgery who had consented (NRES Committee South Central Berkshire BB 11/SC/0443) to the use of excess tissue (resection surplus) for research.
Until recently, most biomedical researchers have viewed excess tissue that has been removed for a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure as 'abandoned', and therefore such surplus material has been often used for research purposes without specific patient consent.
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