Student Research at Duke

Our study got approved one week from yesterday, which was pretty exciting. I began recruiting patients from the anticoagulation clinic and was surprised at how receptive the patients were towards the study- no one that I talked to refused to participate. We were able to enroll 8 patients so far, but that still leaves 32 to go. Although this process can be painfully slow at times, I enjoy interacting with the patients. After getting all 40 samples, I will do the extractions and submit the RNA to the microarray facility. I was told that the latter step, combined with analyzing the data usually takes about 2 weeks. But, I plan to get as far as I can with the time I have. Patience, Lulit, patience.  

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