Why Eye Banks Partner with NDRI?
NDRI’s experience in providing anatomical gifts for research is unmatched. Many eye banks work exclusively with NDRI to manage their research programs. In deciding who to partner with for your research program, please consider the following. Extensive nationwide research network – Since 1980, NDRI has provided more than 200,000 human organs, eyes and tissues to researchers at top universities, hospitals and medical research centers in the United States. Between 2002 and 2005, NDRI supplied more than 12,000 tissues to eye research programs, half of which were funded by the National Eye Institute. Integrity of research assured – Requests by researchers are reviewed and approved by NDRI’s staff and scientific advisory committee, which is comprised of eminent physicians, researchers and ethicists. All researchers must be affiliated with a university or research institute and cannot share specimens with investigators not affiliated with NDRI. • Federal government oversight – NDRI is the onl
