What's Happening With Your Donated Blood And Tissue Sample? Do You Care?

Saturday, January 31, 2015 - 15:20 in Psychology & Sociology

When donating blood, plasma, human tissue or any other bodily sample for medical research, most people might not think about how it's being used. But if you were told, would you care? A new Michigan State University study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, indicates that most people are willing to donate just knowing that their contribution is going toward research. But, when specific scenarios are brought into the equation, that willingness changes. read more

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