Wednesday, February 3, 2010

How do we get a sample of your DNA?

With todays technology getting a sample of your DNA is as simple as a cheek swab. We use a special swab (looks like a fancy Qtip) to rub the inside of your cheek. This picks up some buccal cells from the inside of the cheek. The lab can extract DNA from these cells for testing.

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