The Rocky Mountain MS Center Brain & Tissue Bank and Donor Program is a link between the community and MS research laboratories around the world.

Since 1976 the scientific studies conducted with Rocky Mountain MS Center tissue samples have led to several key discoveries and 127 publications. The Tissue Bank has accumulated samples and distributed specimens to 180 investigators.

Currently 1100 people with MS have consented to be donors in the event of their death. The Tissue Bank also accepts donations of brain tissue from people who do not have MS; this control tissue is an essential research resource. All research tissue recovery is done at no cost to the patient or family.

The decision to donate one’s own body to research is an extremely profound one with many social, moral and religious implications. The Rocky Mountain MS Center commends participants for their dedication to research and help in finding the cause of and cure for MS. 

The Rocky Mountain MS Center Tissue Bank and the Human Brain & Spinal Fluid Resource Center, funded in part by the National MS Society, collaborate to provide a wider range of available research tissue.

Ken Dole, Tissue Bank Coordinator - (303) 788-4030 X105

Matthew Corti, Tissue Bank Research Associate - (303) 788-4030 X110

This project is funded by the National MS Society