String of Pearls Institute (PSI) - Netherlands, Stroke research consortium.

Stroke research consortium.  Seems to be the only one in the world that Faster Cures knows about
http://consortiapedia.fastercures.org/consortia/psi/

At a Glance

• Status: Active Consortium
• Year Launched: 2007
• Initiating Organization: Netherlands
• Initiator Type: Government
• Disease focus:
  Cerebrovascular Accident (Strokes), Diabetes Mellitus, Hereditary Colorectal Cancer, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (Crohn's Disease And Ulcerative Coli, Leukaemia, Neurodegenerative Diseases
• Location: Europe

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Abstract

The String of Pearls Institute is a joint project of the eight university medical centers (UMCs, teaching hospitals) in the Netherlands. It concerns a prospective, disease-specific biobank in which anonymous patients’ characteristics are documented and followed over a long period. These data are coupled to a biobank containing patients’ biomaterials such as intestinal mucosa, feces, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), and serum. In case of approved scientific studies — and after approved protocol — additional samples and materials may be harvested.