3 Norgen scientists observing plasma/serum sample

You are finally ready to start a new experiment with plasma or serum – congratulations! But what kind of data should you be expecting? Your results might surprise you, especially if you work with cellular sample types such as tissue biopsies.

Figure 2. Comparison based on recovery of each individual spiked-in DNA fragment

A recent study conducted by researchers at the Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia evaluated the efficiency of several commercially available kits for extracting cell-free circulating DNA from plasma samples.