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.

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.

Learn about donating, collecting, and transplanting blood stem cells to help treat specific diseases here.

Explore how stem cells are banked, personal considerations, and recommendations if you choose to bank your cells.