BRain Archive Information Network (BRAIN UK)

大约5年前，尸检后保留大脑和脑组织样本的做法引起了公众的高度关注，这导致了相当多的负面宣传。然而，现在，这一过程已经被仔细审查，一项新的法律以《人类组织法》的形式通过。这为合法和合乎道德地使用保留的脑组织样本用于研究目的，为所有人的潜在利益开辟了道路。人们希望，Brain UK将被视为公众对人类组织的保留和使用进行密切审查的积极结果。

The retention of brains and brain tissue samples following post mortem examinations came to have a very high public profile about 5 years ago, and this resulted in a considerable amount of adverse publicity. Now, however, the process has been scrutinised and a new law has been passed in the form of the Human Tissue Act. This opens the way to the legal and ethical use of retained brain tissue samples for research purposes for the potential benefit of all. It is to be hoped that BRAIN UK will be seen as a positive outcome of the close public scrutiny of the retention and use of human tissues.