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The University of Birmingham is to work with charity Kidney Research UK to provide tissue analysis for the first kidney biobank covering England, Scotland and Wales being launched today. The biobank has been named NURTuRE (the National Unified Renal Translational Research Enterprise). Developed to collect and store biological samples from 3,000 patients with chronic kidney disease and up to 800 patients with nephrotic syndrome, the biobank will provide a strategic resource for fundamental and translational research. In addition to the samples of plasma, serum, urine, DNA and tissue that will be stored, the repository will also have the considerable advantage of containing associated linked clinical data, through the UK Renal Registry. Running over a five-year period, the samples will be obtained through 13 NHS Trusts, with patients followed up at specific intervals. From mid-2018, all researchers will be able to apply for access to samples stored in the biobank for future studies. Experts from the University of Bristol and the University of Nottingham form the core academic team overseeing all operational delivery of the biobank, which is funded by AbbVie Inc , Evotec AV, UCB Celltech Biopharma and Kidney Research UK.