Progress in tissue transplantation About Us
Tissue donation - from people for people All About Tissue Donation
Facility 2025 – the new DIZG manufacture Facility 2025

As a non-profit pharmaceutical manufacturer of allogeneic tissue transplants and autologous cell cultures, DIZG promotes tissue donation and drives the research and development of new transplants as well as the identification of new applications with its own R&D department. Our mission is to give people with severe tissue defects a better chance of recovery.

The DIZG in Figures

  • Approximately
    933,000

    human transplants delivered (since founding in 1993)

  • More than
    85,000

    allografts are supplied to clinics each year.

  • Around
    73,480

    verified datasets in the DIZG allograft registry (since 2009)

  • A growing team of 145

    colleagues* at DIZG are committed to ensuring safe patient care

About us

What is the DIZG, what does the non-profit institute do and who does it support? Go on a discovery tour and get to know us.

About us

Tissue donations

Why is tissue donation so important, how does it work, what are the differences and who can donate tissue? Find out more here.

All about tissue donation

Human Transplants for Clinics and Burn Centers

Sterile Handhabung eines Gewebetransplantats im DIZG

Tissue grafts

The DIZG provides more than 85,000 allogeneic tissue transplants annually for patient care throughout Germany and Europe. Discover our extensive portfolio.

DIZG Zellkultur in steriler Laborschale

Cell cultures

Autologous cell cultures are often the only option for patients with severe burns. They are also used in reconstructive surgery and to treat chronic wounds.

Application Areas for our Allogeneic Transplants

Femoral head donation

Read on to find out how a femoral head donation can help other patients and how it works.

Femoral head donation