National Disease Research Interchange
National Disease Research Interchange
Providing human biospecimens to advance biomedical research and development worldwide
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National Institutes of Health funds Human Tissues and Organs for Research Resource Program
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Giving patients and families an opportunity to leave a meaningful legacy
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Supporting breakthrough scientific discoveries with unmatched experience
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Partnering with medical professionals to serve donor families and investigators
Join our NetworkEvery year, NDRI distributes biospecimens to hundreds of investigators around the world who are working to advance many areas of science and healthcare. NDRI makes it easy for approved investigators to get much-needed biospecimens prepared, preserved and shipped precisely according the specific needs of the research protocol.
Request Process Request TissueResearchers continue to recognize NDRI as an invaluable partner as the need for human biomaterials grow. In response, NDRI has developed specialized programs to increase the supply of human tissues and organs for specific areas of research and has established a network of human tissue collection sites throughout the country to procure them.
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Read NDRI's 2019 Research Nexus for an exciting update on programs and initiatives, and learn how NDRI investigators are accelerating scientific discoveries!
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has appointed Bill Leinweber, President and CEO of the National Disease Research Interchange (NDRI), to serve a five-year term as a member of the state’s Organ and Tissue Donation Advisory Committee.
Our collaboration is raising great awareness like the story below:
La Jolla doctor donates late father’s tissue to help Lyme disease research
Bill Leinweber, President and CEO of National Disease Research Interchange (NDRI) admits that NDRI’s work is complicated, because medical research is complex. For nearly 40 years, NDRI has accepted the challenge of meeting increasing demands of the medical research community, who rely on high-quality, healthy, and diseased biospecimens to conduct lifesaving research.
“Support from the NIH affirms the strong value of our mission,” said Gene Kopen, PhD, NDRI’s Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and principal investigator for the HTORR grant. “As an organization, NDRI has demonstrated the capacity to leverage this support to enable a broad range of complex research projects requiring human organs and tissues.”
NDRI will be exhibiting at AOPO and we will also be announcing the first ever winner of the NDRI & AOPO Empowering Research and Discovery Award to an OPO that works with us to advance research through donation.
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