Stem Cell Donation + Banking

Just like you can donate blood or organs, you can donate stem cells, a powerful act that has the potential to save someone’s life. For example, donated blood stem cells can be transplanted into a patient with blood or immune system diseases, such as some blood cancers or immunodeficiencies, and provide a potential cure. Donated stem cells can also be used for research purposes, helping scientists understand the way diseases and treatments impact people and populations differently. Some types of stem cells can also be frozen and stored, or banked, for future clinical application.

Cell, tissue, and embryo donation are a personal choice. When deciding whether or not to donate, it is essential that proper ethical standards involving responsible informed consent procedures are followed.

Download our 3 Part Resource on The Science & Potential of Cell Donation & Banking

Part 1: Cord Blood Uses
to Treat Disease

Part 2: The Clinical Applications of Donating and Banking Stem Cells

Part 3: Transforming
Scientific Research

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Donating Cells for Research

To understand human disease, researchers must study human cells. While studying cells in the human body presents practical and ethical limitations, donated cells can be studied more easily in a controlled laboratory environment. Learn the processes, considerations, and ways of stem cell donation.

Donating Tissues & Biopsies for Research

A biopsy is a sample of tissue or cells that has been removed from the body, primarily to diagnose or treat a disease. By studying donated healthy and diseased tissue samples, researchers learn different aspects of disease across the human population. These studies also allow researchers to address important questions about normal cell behavior and how cells transform and malfunction.