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Shipping and Handling Costs


Requestors are asked to reimburse shipping and handling costs at the following rates:

Sample Type Academic
Rate
Industry
Rate
Filter Paper spot1 $25.00 $25.00
Non-viable samples stored at -80 °C2 $50.00 $100.00
Viable samples stored in liquid nitrogen3           $250.00 $250.00

1 per 0.075  mL dried blood on S&S 903 filter paper.

2 per 1 mL aliquot of whole blood, umbilical cord blood, granulocytes, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), B-Lymphoblastoid cell lines (B-LCL), and serum.  PBMC and B-LCL samples contain approximately 5 million cells per aliquot.

3 per 1 mL aliquot of cryopreserved whole blood, PBMC, and B-LCL

Samples are usually shipped via Federal ExpressTM.

Requestors may inquire about the availability of financial support to defer sample costs.

Questions? Contact research-repos@nmdp.org

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