What kind of sample - human plasma or serum is more appropriate for RNA isolation?

Yoana Kiselova-Kaneva @Yoana-Kiselova-Kaneva

29 May 2020 0 5K Report

We have to select plasma or serum to collect in order to measure mRNA levels of certain genes.

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