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When Gill had breast cancer, she gave consent for a tumour sample to be kept for research, and gave an extra blood sample for blood marker assays. She has also taken part in the UK Biobank study.
Gill is a Primary Care Organisations Coordinator and is married with two grown-up children. Ethnic background’ White British.
David was diagnosed with skin cancer 6 years ago in 2004. He has consented to both blood samples and tissue samples from his tumours being used for research.
David is a geologist and is married with 3 adult children. Ethnic background’ White British.
Karen was diagnosed with melanoma in 1997. It came back in 2005 and she joined a clinical trial. Several times she has given extra blood samples for research purposes. She is happy to take part in any research into her condition.
Karen is a 52-year-old events manager. She has no children and is engaged to be married. Ethnic background’ White British.
Andrew discovered he had hepatitis C virus in 2003, when he went to his GP after feeling unwell. He believes he got it from having a tattoo in Spain. He has recently agreed to take part in a biobanking study.
Andrew is a former van delivery driver (now unemployed). He is married with no children. Ethnic background’ White English.
Jean has Motor Neurone Disease (MND). She has given samples to a DNA bank for MND, and is now part of a study using blood and spinal fluid, alongside other tests, to improve the diagnosis and understanding of MND.
Jean is a retired consultant anaesthetist. She is married with two grown-up children. Ethnic background/nationality: White British.
Vincent discovered he had Hepatitis C in 2005. Although he was an injecting drug user he never shared needles, so he believes he was infected by a blood transfusion. Treatment has not been successful. Recently he agreed to take part in a biobanking study.
Vincent is a semi-retired artist and antiques dealer. He is married with two children aged 8 and 12, and three grown-up children from a previous marriage. Ethnic background/nationality: White English.
Paul was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) 7 years ago, in 2003. He is a keen research participant, and currently gives regular spinal fluid samples as part of a study which aims to explore how and why MND progresses in different people.
Paul is a retired toolmaker/machinist engineer. He is divorced, with four children ranging in age from 15 to 40, and 3 grandchildren. Ethnic background/nationality: White British.
Roland has a rare form of Motor Neurone Disease (Progressive Muscular Atrophy). He is part of a study using blood samples, scans and other tests to improve the diagnosis and understanding of MND. He has also agreed to donate his brain to a brain bank.
Roland is a retired computer consultant. He is married with two grown-up children. Ethnic background/nationality: White British.
Ian was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease just over two years ago, in 2008. He has taken part in several research studies, including a biobank study which aims to improve the diagnosis and understanding of MND.
Ian is an insurance consultant. He is married with two children aged 21 and 17. Ethnic background/nationality: White English.
Colin was diagnosed with Hepatitis C in his early twenties. He has taken part in several medical research projects, including currently one which involves giving blood samples to be stored for research. He has also had epilepsy since he was a teenager.
Colin is married with three children. Ethnic background’ White British.
