When hospitals need tissues for tissue transplant surgeries, they usually get them from tissue banks. When hospitals need organs for organ transplant surgeries, they usually get them from organ banks. Organ and tissue banks are repositories for human organs and human tissues that are to be used in organ transplant surgeries or tissue transplant surgeries. Some organ and tissue banks specialize in keeping a certain type of organ or a certain kind of tissue, such as an eye bank. Other tissue and organ banks keep as many kinds of organs and tissues on hand as possible. Some organ and tissue banks harvest the healthy organs and healthy tissues out of dead people who have listed themselves as donors.
If you are looking for organ and tissue banks, organ banks or tissue banks, search under Organ and Tissue Banks in Newport_News using the MagicYellow.com directory.