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Tube Polypropylene: A Neglected Critical Parameter for Protein Adsorption During Biospecimen Storage
Olga A Kofanova1, Kathleen Mommaerts1, Fay Betsou1
1Integrated Biobank of Luxembourg (IBBL) , Luxembourg, Luxembourg .
Biopreservation and Biobanking
|July 18, 2015
Abstract:
This biospecimen research case study illustrates the importance of a neglected pre-analytical factor, the polypropylene type of storage tubes. We measured amyloid β1-42 peptide and showed that a non-irradiated, homopolymer type of polypropylene has the lowest adsorption properties.
