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Data on life sciences detailed by investigators at Harvard University, Partners AIDS Research Center

Published in AIDS Weekly, January 26th, 2009

Researchers detail in 'Rapid loss of dendritic cell and monocyte responses to TLR ligands following venipuncture,' new data in life sciences. According to recent research from the United States, "Blood samples from multiple sites are collected in multicenter trials, and frequently shipped to centralized laboratories for processing and comparable experimental evaluation. It is therefore of crucial interest to assess the preservation of immune cell functions after overnight shipment of whole blood."

"Here we evaluated the ability of pDCs, mDCs and monocytes to respond to TLR ligands at multiple timepoints following venipuncture as compared to immediate processing. Our...

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