(SUN CITY, Ariz.) – The world-renowned Brain and Body Donation Program now offers a free virtual tour to help people learn how researchers at Banner Sun Health Research Institute are studying the health and diseases of older adult volunteers living in metro Phoenix.
Through the program, researchers study the function of participants during life and their organs and tissue after death. They also share the banked tissue, biomaterials, research data or research information, and biospecimens with qualified researchers worldwide.
During the 11-minute virtual tour, viewers can hear from research participants and medical experts who aim to unlock groundbreaking scientific discoveries. To take the tour, visit bannerhealth.com/BrainandBodyDonationProgram.
The video may be especially helpful for those who have scheduling difficulties or physical limitations that make it difficult to take an in-person walking tour.
The program accepts cognitively normal donors, as well as donors with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, dementia with Lewy bodies, REM sleep behavior disorder and cancer.
These are devastating illnesses that affect millions of people. Because many such disorders often uniquely afflict human beings and acquiring tissue samples from living people is seldom possible, progress toward finding cures depends on studying tissue samples from deceased volunteers.
Since 1987, more than 3,000 community members have volunteered to help the program’s scientific efforts.
Donors must be residents of the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, commit to attending annual assessments at the clinic in Sun City, and agree to donate their brain and/or body after death.
To schedule an in-person tour, call (602) 230-CARE (2273) or visit www.bannerhealth.com/calendar.
Since 1986, Banner Sun Health Research Institute, part of nonprofit Banner Health, has been a leader nationally and internationally in the effort to find answers to disorders of aging including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. The institute’s Cleo Roberts Center for Clinical Research takes laboratory discoveries to clinical trials that foster hope for new treatments. Banner Health is Arizona’s leading health care provider and largest private employer. For more information, visit bannershri.com or visit us on Facebook.
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