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  • Posted: 12/29/2009

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Retrieve and Re-store Carefully

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When needed for analysis, a biospecimen is carefully retrieved, and if any sample remains afterward, it is re-stored with care.

Graphic shows how a researcher retrieves sample carefully to perform studies of tissue and returns remaining tissue to storage.