Name

Science Care

Legal name

Science Care

Website

https://sciencecare.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Biospecimen Procurement and Body Donation Services

NAICS

Blood and Organ Banks (621991), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Wholesale-Medical, Dental & Hospital Equipment & Supplies (5047)

akta.pro primary industry

Sample Logistics, Biorepository & IVD Kit Management (Trial Support) (HLAGAEAI)

Keywords

• Body donation services
• Biospecimen procurement
• Human tissue supply
• No-cost cremation
• Medical research specimens

Headquarters

HQ city

Phoenix

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Specimen Procurement Services: Science Care generates revenue by providing high-quality human tissue specimens to medical researchers, educators, device manufacturers, and pharmaceutical companies. The company matches donated tissues with appropriate research, training, and educational programs, supporting medical device development, surgical training, drug discovery, and various other medical research initiatives.
2. Event Management Services: Science Care offers event management and supervision for hands-on medical training courses at association meetings and medical conferences. Event Steward staffing support services are provided globally for medical education events.
3. Anatomical Model Sales: Encoris creates and sells anatomical models and simulation-based training solutions designed to support medical education, device development, and procedural innovation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Science Care operates a whole-body donation program that accepts donated human remains from registered donors, provides no-cost cremation, and redistributes anatomical specimens to medical researchers, educators, device manufacturers, and pharmaceutical companies for research, surgical training, and product development. The company supplements specimen procurement with biobanking services, Encoris anatomical models, medical imaging scans (CT, MRI, DEXA, X-Ray, C-Arm), and Event Steward-managed training events delivered across more than 70 countries.

Product overview

Science Care is a body donation to science program offering a unified platform combining whole-body donation services with no-cost cremation. The core offering consists of the Whole Body Donation program paired with complimentary Cremation Services. Supporting the core program are several specialized sub-products: the HOPE Program for priority acceptance of terminally ill patients, Biobanking Services for biospecimen procurement, Encoris Anatomical Models for medical training simulations, Specimen Procurement for research institutions, Medical Training Events with Event Steward support, and Scanning Options including CT, MRI, and X-Ray imaging services. Additional offerings include the Memory in Nature environmental program and the Science Care Brief quarterly newsletter. The company also provides an online Donor Registry for registration and Healthcare Professional Resources for clinical partners.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Encoris: Encoris creates anatomical models and simulation-based training solutions designed to support medical education, device development, and procedural innovation.

Products and services

• Whole Body Donation to Science Core service enabling individuals to donate their bodies to medical research and education. Upon acceptance, donors receive no-cost cremation covering transportation, filing of death certificates and permits, and return of cremated remains.
• Cremation Services Complimentary cremation services provided to all accepted donors as part of the body donation program, including coordination with licensed crematories and thorough tracking systems.
• HOPE Program Priority acceptance program for terminally ill patients, hospice, or palliative care individuals, providing one-year priority consideration for acceptance into the Science Care program.
• Specimen Procurement Procurement of high-quality human tissue and anatomical specimens for medical research, education, and training, tailored to specific client needs with custom preparations and delivered in over 70 countries.
• Biobanking Services Provides ethically sourced, high-quality biospecimens to support medical research and development, delivered with associated data and reliability standards for researchers, device manufacturers, and pharmaceutical companies.
• Encoris Anatomical Models Encoris creates and sells anatomical models and simulation-based training solutions designed to support medical education, device development, and procedural innovation.
• Medical Training Events and Event Management Comprehensive event management services for hands-on medical training including Event Steward staffing support worldwide, venue coordination, and specimen logistics to over 70 countries.
• Medical Imaging Scanning Services Medical imaging services including Computed Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), X-Ray (standard and weight-bearing), and C-Arm imaging for specimen evaluation, implant design, and FDA validation.
• Memory in Nature Environmental program that plants a tree in national forests for each donor through partnership with the National Forest Foundation, supporting reforestation, forest preservation, and climate mitigation.
• Donor Registry and Registration Online registration system allowing individuals to register their intent to donate their body to science, with self-consent forms and witness requirements, designed to be completed in less than three minutes.

Quantifiable outcome

• On average, donors participate in six different research programs, with some participating in up to ten or more research programs
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• National Forest FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerScience Care partners with the National Forest Foundation to plant trees in national forests throughout the country for every donor who donates through their program. This reforestation initiative, called Memory in Nature, helps preserve public land and provide food and habitat for wildlife. Each donor is commemorated with a planted tree, supporting forest recovery and mitigating climate change effects.
• U.S. Military Medical ProgramscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerScience Care supports military medical training by providing donated tissues for training combat surgeons and surgical teams. The training helps build technical skills and teamwork needed to address combat injuries, particularly bleeding control. Both immediate and post-deployment feedback from surgical teams confirms the value of donated tissue training in saving lives on the battlefield.
• UniversitiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerScience Care partners with top universities to facilitate advancements in medical science by providing anatomical specimens for medical education and research purposes.
• Medical Device ManufacturerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedical device manufacturers partner with Science Care to access anatomical specimens for device development, testing, and validation of implants and other medical devices.
• Pharmaceutical CompaniescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPharmaceutical companies partner with Science Care to access biospecimens for drug discovery, development, and research into new treatments and therapies.
• Medical Training OrganizationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorld-renowned medical training organizations partner with Science Care for anatomical specimens and event support to facilitate hands-on training for medical professionals.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• MedCure: MedCure operates a non-transplantable whole-body donation program providing donors with no-cost cremation and supplying researchers and educators with anatomical specimens—the closest direct competitor to Science Care's core model.
• United Tissue Network: United Tissue Network is a body donation program that provides no-cost cremation services to donors and distributes human tissue to medical research, education, and training clients, directly mirroring Science Care's donor-acquisition and specimen-procurement model.
• Anatomy Gifts Registry: Anatomy Gifts Registry runs a whole-body donation program supplying human specimens to medical schools, research institutions, and device companies—a directly comparable body donation and specimen distribution business.
• BioGift Anatomical: BioGift Anatomical is a non-transplantable tissue donation organization that connects donors with medical researchers and educators, competing directly with Science Care for both donor registrations and research client relationships.
• International Institute for the Advancement of Medicine (IIAM): IIAM is a non-profit that provides non-transplantable human organs and tissues for medical research and education, directly competing with Science Care in the research biospecimen supply market.
• BioIVT: BioIVT supplies ethically-sourced human and animal biospecimens to pharmaceutical, biotech, and academic researchers, overlapping with Science Care's biobanking and specimen procurement offerings for research clients.

Broad incumbents

• LifeNet Health: LifeNet Health is a leading nonprofit tissue bank with broad allograft and biospecimen operations serving transplant, sports medicine, and research customers—a larger incumbent with overlapping capabilities in the broader tissue/biospecimen space.
• MTF Biologics: MTF Biologics is a major nonprofit tissue bank distributing allografts and research tissues across musculoskeletal, wound care, and sports medicine verticals, providing broader-scale competition in tissue procurement.
• AlloSource: AlloSource is a nonprofit tissue bank providing allografts for surgical use and human tissue for research, competing in the broader tissue supply market where Science Care participates.

Emerging players

• iSpecimen: iSpecimen operates a marketplace connecting biobanks and healthcare organizations with researchers needing human biospecimens, partially overlapping with Science Care's biobanking and specimen procurement services for research clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/sciencecare
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/ScienceCareWBD
• Facebookfacebook.com/ScienceCare
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/science-care

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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