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Welcome
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In 2008, The National Multiple Sclerosis Society provided Dr. Howard Lipton and Dr. Tibor Valyi-Nagy with a grant to establish a Multiple Sclerosis Tissue Repository at The University of Illinois at Chicago. The UIC MS Tissue Repository was founded in an effort to expand and assist in the ongoing research being conducted on MS. At the UIC MS Tissue Repository our goal is to function as a connection between MS communities and research laboratories around the country. In order to perform new MS related research scientists must have access to brain and spinal cord tissue from MS patients. There is particularly a critical need for tissue samples from patients who have acute MS and succumb prematurely.
We understand that the decision to donate might be difficult but we perceive every donation as an invaluable gift that has the potential of aiding scientists in their efforts to find a cure for MS. By opening a MS Tissue Repository in the heart of Chicago we anticipate that our efforts will advance MS research by making a wider range of tissue available to scientists. Every donation has the potential to be used for fifty-plus projects over many years; thus, each donation truly has the ability to yield significant impact. The process to register as a donor simply requires you to fill out a Donor Registration Packet and communicate your desires to donate to your next of kin and medical staff. We appreciate your interest in our center and look forward to working closely with you in our common goal of finding a cure.
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