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Christine Carson, Senior Research Fellow, School of Medicine, The University of Western Australia

Blood, urine and other bodily fluids: how your leftover pathology samples can be used for medical research

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A doctor’s visit often ends with you leaving with a pathology request form in hand. The request form soon has you filling a sample pot, having blood drawn, or perhaps even a tissue biopsy taken.

After that, your sample goes to a clinical pathology lab to be analysed, in whichever manner the doctor requested. All this is done with the goal of getting to the bottom of the health issue you’re experiencing.

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