The Oxford Cell and Tissue Biobank opened in 1990. It is based at John Radcliffe Hospital site in the Oxford Heart Centre. It has a state of the art 'clean room' suite and adjoining office and cryopreservation freezer storage rooms.
The Oxford bank has gradually developed from a heart valve tissue bank into a multi-tissue bank, which now works in partnership between various specialties in the OUH and the University of Oxford.
We have a clinical ovarian tissue cryopreservation service for young girls and women, and a testicular tissue cryopreservation service for boys, embedded within an active research programme.
We also co-ordinate the donation of:
- cardiovascular tissue for transplant and research
- brains and spinal cords for research
- other tissues for research.
