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DNA banking

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The process through which DNA is extracted from any of a number of possible cell sources and stored indefinitely by freezing or refrigerating for future testing; done when a specific test is not presently available or when the decision to have testing has not been made: Definition from: GeneReviews from the University of Washington and the National Center for Biotechnology Information


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