Tissue Bank - San Diego, CA
About Whole-Body Donation

The opportunity to

Provide A Better Future

The value of whole-body donation is immeasurable, because all human organs and anatomical specimens are needed for medical research and for the advancement of medical science. This allows researchers to study more in depth, the origin and progression of diseases and illnesses.

These donations provide medical researchers with the unique opportunity to create novel discoveries, develop new treatments, therapies and cures.

Whole-body donation plays a critical role in the education of physicians and surgeons. It gives them the chance to practice new surgical techniques for less evasive procedures, making recovery for patients much shorter. The most distinguished medical researchers around the world rely on donor tissue, from whole-body donations.

Whole-body donations provide the following:

  • Physician training and education
  • Surgical devise development
  • Development of less evasive surgical techniques and procedures
  • Drug research and development (R&D)