Dried Blood Spots as a Simple Sample Collection Tool for Personalized Medicine

摘要

Dried blood spot (DBS) sample collection: utilized for decades in a range of applications including newborn screening. quantitation of enddogenous human plasma proteins has been demonstrated for abundant constituents. simpler and less invasive than that required for a traditional blood collection tube. protein constituents are also stable without refrigeration, reducing costs and logistical challenges in non-clinical settings.