Liverpool Neuroscience Biobank (LNBW)

 

Liverpool Neuroscience Biobank at The Walton Centre (LNBW) was established to promote multidisciplinary basic and translational neuro-oncology and neurology research. It includes archived and prospectively collected samples from patients who are investigated at The Walton Centre.

We merged two previously established biobanks, the Walton Research Tissue Bank (WRTB) -Ref: REC 15/WA/0385 and the Walton CSF Research Biobank (WCRB)- Ref: REC 16/WA/0291 into one - the Liverpool Neuroscience Biobank at The Walton Centre (LNBW), to enhance the scope of governance, research and collaborations to facilitate multi-centre research.

LNBW has received full approval of the Wales REC4 National Research Ethics Service [REC ref 20/WA/0043] until 2025 and is held under a Human Tissue Authority Licence at The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust.  The operation of the LNBW is overseen by the LNBW management committee whose role is to ensure that samples are used appropriately in relevant research projects and is fully supported by Trust management and facilitated by clinical and neuroscience laboratories staff.

All patients undergoing clinical procedures at The Walton Centre are invited to participate and donate samples to LNBW for research. Patients are recruited with appropriate research consent forms (along with patient information sheets) and relevant samples like fresh tissue, CSF, matched with bloods are collected and stored in the biobank for current and future research projects.