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HOW TO BECOME A WILSON’S DISEASE TISSUE
DONOR
Advancing the procurement, preservation and distribution of human tissues and organs
for biomedical research
NDRI Mission Since 1980
NDRI Rare Disease Human Tissue Resource
Biospecimens Recovered
6,955
Donors 623
Diseases Represented 177
Specimens to Researchers 2,605
Specimens Banked 3,805
NDRI Rare DiseaseVHO Partnership
Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Research Foundation
Alpha-1 Foundation CF Foundation CFC International Ehlers-Danlos National
Foundation Fanconi Anemia Research
Fund Foundation for Sarcoidosis
Research Foundation for Thymic Cancer
Research GBS/CIDP Foundation
International HHT Foundation International
Histiocytosis Association of America
Intracranial Hypertension Research Foundation
LAM Foundation LAM Treatment Alliance NTSAD OM Support Network PMD Foundation SLO/RSH Foundation Spina Bifida Association VHL Family Alliance Wilson’s Disease
Association International
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NDRI Rare Disease Donor Registry
• 411 Registered Donors with 46 Diseases in 45 States• 2,925 Tissues Recovered from 174 Donors with 33 Diseases
NDRI National Procurement Network
58 Organ Procurement Organizations
35 Eye Banks
25 Tissue Banks
12 Hospital Centers
14 Remote Sites
41 Recovery Personnel
Surgical Procedures (including biopsies) Transplant Procedures (liver, lung, bone marrow) Blood Draws – processed for DNA and cell lines Post Mortem
Options to Aid Research through Tissue Donation
1. Register as a donor with NDRI - Quick and easy process: Call 1-
800-222-NDRI to speak with a private donor coordinator
- Complete Consent Form(s) - Complete Medical
Questionnaire(s)
1-800-222-NDRI or www.ndriresource.org
NDRI’s Wilson’s Disease Donor
Registry
2. Inform your family members and medical team / physician that you have registered as a tissue donor with NDRI
NDRI’s Wilson’s Disease Donor
Registry
3. Contact NDRI when: You are scheduled for a
surgery or medical
procedure
Wait listed for a transplant
Notified of a transplant operation
NDRI’s Fanconi Anemia Donor Registry
Thank You !
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