To expand our lifesaving mission! There are more than 16,000 clinical studies occurring at any time in the United States. These studies could provide cures or treatments for diseases that affect our friends and neighbors. This progress is often delayed many years because scientists cannot locate people to participate in their [...]

Possibly, but each research project is different. Some, but not all, do have budgets for paying participants.

Absolutely not! If your history matches a researcher’s need, one of our medical staff will contact you. If you have any interest in participating, we will explain what the researcher needs and how that may affect you. The choice to move forward is completely yours. Unless you agree, the researcher will [...]

Many scientists contact our blood center for help with clinical trials and basic research. The researchers are often looking for people with very specific conditions or symptoms. When a researcher contacts the blood center, we will search the BioLinked™ database to see if anyone matches the need. If an individual is [...]

Only you and restricted, authorized staff members at our blood center can see your questionnaire answers. Your information will never be shared with anyone else unless you consent in writing.

Your encrypted data is stored in a private, secure database that is used to locate people with specific medical, family, and social backgrounds that match up with research opportunities.

It is an electronic roster of people willing to help researchers find cures and treatments. You submit a confidential, self-managed profile of only the medical and social information you are willing to offer. This allows BioLinked™ to then search anonymously to find people who meet research needs.