The National Disease Research Interchange

Did you know.. October 26 is National Pumpkin Day! Our staff really came out full force with creativity for this year’s Pumpkin Decorating Contest! Stay tuned for our winner! It’s a tough competition for sure .

40 YEARS OF EMPOWERING RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY! In 2010, NDRI received funding to serve as the tissue procurement partner for the pilot National Institutes of Health Common Fund’s Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) Project. ... Learn more about how NDRI served as an important resource for the GTEx Project! Visit our website: https://ndriresource.org//progr/genotype-tissue-expression #empoweringresearchanddiscovery #40years #donationforresearch

Join NDRI for the AATB Virtual Annual Meeting! Dr. VonDran, VP, Operations and Director Biorepository, NDRI will be presenting Wednesday, October 13th at 12-145pm EST on 'Progress in Research Collaboration!"

Today is #WorldSightDay ! Learn more about how NDRI works with Ocular donors to advance research : https://ndriresource.org/ocular #donatelife #worldsightday2020 ARVO Association of Organ Procurement Organizations - AOPO

We are one of the many nonprofit organizations across the country working 24/7/365 to honor life through donation and research! Association of Organ Procurement Organizations - AOPO

It was a September to remember here at NDRI! Our teams screened 693 donors and 554 tissues were recovered, with 490 tissues shipped to researchers serving 92 projects! Tissues included DRGs, Livers, Whole Eyes and Cancer Specimen. Every project served advances our mission of advancing scientific research! #empoweringresearch #researchsaveslives #researchanddiscovery #donatelife

Organ transplants have been a bright spot during the pandemic with a gradual increase in overall number of transplants: Transplant Surgeon #SupportOPOs https://money.yahoo.com//organ-transplants-bright-spot-dur

Congratulations to Organ Procurement Partner Nevada Donor Network ! "The Las Vegas kidney was for research purposes only, scientists that took biopsies before and after the flight concluded there were no changes to the tissue architecture and cell viability. These flights are an exciting step forward, said Anthony Pucciarella, MissionGO president."... https://www.usatoday.com//drone-used-transpor/3528614001/ See more

40 YEARS OF EMPOWERING RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY! As our 40 year celebration continues, we celebrate so many milestones. In 2007, two long-withstanding partnerships were formed that are so important to NDRI's mission. NDRI partnered with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's Network for Pancreatic Organ Donors to provide pancreas and related tissues for research of Type 1 Diabetes. In the same year, NDRI began tissue collection for The LAM Foundation, a patient advocacy ...organization that supports Lymphangiolemyomatosis a rare lung disease. Thank you to our amazing partners for taking part in our 40 years!

Happy Fall Ya'll!

NDRI is proud to celebrate World Alzheimer's Day today! We proudly work with the @National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continuously raise awareness about Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias by partnering with a vast network of tissue banks, eye banks and organ procurement organizations to provide high high quality neurological biospecimen to scientific researcher around the world! Learn how you can partner with NDRI: https://ndriresource.org/ #worldalzheimersday

NDRI is proud to share this opinion letter written by our Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) partners, Susan Stuart, President & CEO, Center for Organ Recovery & Education and Howard Nathan, President & CEO, Gift of Life Donor Program - Whether at home or at the DMV, say yes to saving lives. https://www.pennlive.com//whether-at-home-or-at-the-dmv-sa

40 YEARS OF EMPOWERING RESEARCH & DISCOVERY! In 2004 - Cystic Fibrosis Funding- NDRI receives funding to support the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Foundation’s effort to provide a reliable source of explanted CF lungs for research and drug development, ultimately leading to development of Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ FDA-approved Kalydeco. Lear more about NDRI's partnership with CFF: https://ndriresource.org//progr/cystic-fibrosis-foundation