Human Tissue Authority
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The Human Tissue Authority is a UK regulatory body responsible for licensing and overseeing the removal, storage, use, and disposal of human bodies, organs, and tissue for purposes such as research, transplantation, and education.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Human Tissue Authority canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T219131 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Human Tissue Authority Context triple: [Department of Health and Social Care, oversees, Human Tissue Authority]
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A.
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is the UK’s independent regulator overseeing fertility treatment and embryo research to ensure safety, ethical standards, and compliance with the law.
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B.
NHS Blood and Transplant
NHS Blood and Transplant is a UK special health authority responsible for providing a safe and reliable supply of blood, organs, and associated services to the National Health Service.
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C.
Committee for Advanced Therapies
The Committee for Advanced Therapies is a scientific body within the European Medicines Agency responsible for evaluating and providing expert opinions on advanced therapy medicinal products such as gene, cell, and tissue-engineered therapies.
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D.
UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is the United Kingdom’s national authority responsible for regulating medicines, medical devices, and healthcare products to ensure their safety, quality, and effectiveness.
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E.
Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products
The Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products was a former scientific committee of the European Union responsible for evaluating and issuing opinions on the quality, safety, and efficacy of human medicinal products before it was replaced by the European Medicines Agency’s current committee structure.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Human Tissue Authority Target entity description: The Human Tissue Authority is a UK regulatory body responsible for licensing and overseeing the removal, storage, use, and disposal of human bodies, organs, and tissue for purposes such as research, transplantation, and education.
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A.
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is the UK’s independent regulator overseeing fertility treatment and embryo research to ensure safety, ethical standards, and compliance with the law.
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B.
NHS Blood and Transplant
NHS Blood and Transplant is a UK special health authority responsible for providing a safe and reliable supply of blood, organs, and associated services to the National Health Service.
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C.
Committee for Advanced Therapies
The Committee for Advanced Therapies is a scientific body within the European Medicines Agency responsible for evaluating and providing expert opinions on advanced therapy medicinal products such as gene, cell, and tissue-engineered therapies.
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D.
UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is the United Kingdom’s national authority responsible for regulating medicines, medical devices, and healthcare products to ensure their safety, quality, and effectiveness.
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E.
Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products
The Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products was a former scientific committee of the European Union responsible for evaluating and issuing opinions on the quality, safety, and efficacy of human medicinal products before it was replaced by the European Medicines Agency’s current committee structure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
government agency of the United Kingdom
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non-departmental public body ⓘ regulatory authority ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
ensure that human tissue is used safely and ethically
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ensure that the wishes of donors and families are respected ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| enforces | compliance with the Human Tissue Act 2004 ⓘ |
| hasLegalBasis |
EU Organ Donation Directive
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EU Tissues and Cells Directives ⓘ Human Tissue Act 2004 ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| issues |
codes of practice
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guidance on consent for use of human tissue ⓘ guidance on organ donation ⓘ licences for activities involving human tissue ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
England
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Northern Ireland ⓘ Wales ⓘ |
| oversees |
licensed mortuaries
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licensed post-mortem establishments ⓘ licensed research establishments using human tissue ⓘ licensed tissue banks ⓘ licensed transplant centres ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Department of Health and Social Care ⓘ |
| performs | inspections of licensed establishments ⓘ |
| promotes |
good practice in the removal, storage and use of human tissue
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public confidence in the use of human tissue ⓘ |
| regulates |
disposal of human tissue
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organ donation for transplantation ⓘ post-mortem examination activities ⓘ public display of human bodies and tissue ⓘ removal of human tissue ⓘ storage of human tissue ⓘ storage of human tissue for education ⓘ storage of human tissue for research ⓘ storage of human tissue for training ⓘ storage of organs for transplantation ⓘ use of human tissue ⓘ use of organs for transplantation ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
regulation of anatomical examination
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regulation of human bodies ⓘ regulation of human organs ⓘ regulation of human tissue ⓘ regulation of organ donation and transplantation systems ⓘ regulation of public display of human remains ⓘ regulation of tissue and cells for human application ⓘ |
| sector | healthcare regulation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Human Tissue Authority Description of subject: The Human Tissue Authority is a UK regulatory body responsible for licensing and overseeing the removal, storage, use, and disposal of human bodies, organs, and tissue for purposes such as research, transplantation, and education.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.