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Stop the dismantling of the Corsellis brain bank at St. Bernard's Hospital.
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135 signatures
What the petition asks
The Corsellis Brain bank took almost 50 years to build and was hugely important in research into illnesses such as epilepsy, CJD, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and dementia.
The West London Mental Health Trust is dismantling it for no purpose, as storing it would cost less than dismantling.
The West London Mental Health Trust is dismantling it for no purpose, as storing it would cost less than dismantling.
The WLMHT R&D site can be found here:
http://www.wlmht.nhs.uk/about-wlmht/research/contact-rd/
A detailed history of the collection can be found here:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20817923
The public announcement of its dismantling:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06r5d0h
It is stored at St. Bernard's Hospital under the authority of the West London Mental Health Trust. After ten years of redevelopment the collection is now being dismantled, rendering it largely useless.
http://www.wlmht.nhs.uk/about-wlmht/research/contact-rd/
A detailed history of the collection can be found here:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20817923
The public announcement of its dismantling:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06r5d0h
It is stored at St. Bernard's Hospital under the authority of the West London Mental Health Trust. After ten years of redevelopment the collection is now being dismantled, rendering it largely useless.
Timeline
| 4 Apr 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 4 Oct 2016 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
135
Status
Closed
Opened
4 Apr 2016
Closed
4 Oct 2016
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