Biobank storage time affects blood test results
Monday, September 5, 2016 - 14:31
in Health & Medicine
The amount of time a blood sample used for medical research has been stored at a biobank may affect the test results as much as the blood sample provider's age, new research finds. Until now, medical research has taken into account age, sex and health factors of the person providing the sample, but it turns out that storage time is just as important.