Brains for Dementia Research
Brains for Dementia Research is a world-class brain tissue resource, providing researchers with gold-standard human brain tissue along with associated clinical data, genomics, and congnitive and lifestyle assessments to support their studies. We can also provide iPSCs and fibroblasts.
UK-based studies using Brains for Dementia Research tissue and data will be covered by our generic approval, meaning studies can proceed without requiring their own ethical approval.
Clinical Assessments
We collect serial clinical assessment data. These include physical, lifestyle and cognitive scores.
Blood Samples
We collect blood samples periodically from living participants.
Clinical data
We collect clinical data during a participant’s lifetime, and get medical records post-mortem which are summarised and anonymised.
Genomics
Genomics data is available for the entire BDR cohort
Pathology
We perform standardised post-mortem pathology on all cases in our collection
Samples available
Post mortem brain, CSF, and in some cases, spinal cord tissue is available.
Stem Cells / fibroblasts
We can provide cell lines, iPSCs, and fibroblasts