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Northern Ireland Biobank (NIB)
Population Size
Not reported
Years
2011
Associated BioSamples
Plasma
Serum
...see more
Geographic coverage
United Kingdom
Northern Ireland
Lead time
Other
Summary
Collection of samples and data across the following diseases: Carcinoma in situ of prostate, Fit and well, Malignant neoplasm of endometrium of corpus uteri (disorder), Malignant tumour of breast, Malignant tumour of colon, Malignant tumour of ovary.
Documentation
Northern Ireland Biobank was established in 2010 to collect, store and distribute human samples for translational research and is primarily funded by the Northern Ireland Health and Social Care Research & Development Division of the Public Health Agency. Cancer Research UK (CR-UK), the Friends of the Cancer Centre and Prostate Cancer UK have also provided financial support. The NIB complies with approvals from both the Office of Research Ethics in Northern Ireland and HSC R&D governance to host and distribute cohorts of quality assured biological samples linked with well-defined clinical and pathological data sets.
Dataset type
Health and disease
Dataset sub-type
Not applicable
Keywords
Provenance
Image contrast
Not stated
Biological sample availability
Plasma,Serum,Tissue,Whole blood
Details
Publishing frequency
Other
Version
1.0.0
Modified
08/10/2024
Distribution release date
30/05/2018
Citation Requirements
In Progress
Coverage
Start date
01/01/2011
Time lag
Variable
Geographic coverage
United Kingdom, Northern Ireland
Minimum age range
15
Maximum age range
150
Accessibility
Language
en
Controlled vocabulary
LOCAL
Format
In Progress
Data Access Request
Dataset pipeline status
Not available
Access rights
Please contact the publisher using Contact Point details provided.
Time to dataset access
Other
Access request cost
Not specified
Access method category
Varies based on project
Data Controller
Queen's University Belfast