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Title: How do you obtain serum from blood?
Post by: lewis on Apr 19, 2011
How do you obtain serum from blood?


Title: Re: How do you obtain serum from blood?
Post by: duddy on Apr 19, 2011
Serum is plasma from which most clotting proteins are removed. To obtain serum, allow a sample of whole blood to clot, then remove the cells of the clot and associated clotting proteins by centrifugation.