Appointments can also be made for other locations throughout the United States and abroad. Application forms are filled out, and all parties are photographed and finger printed. We request that the man bring some form of photo identification. Blood specimen tubes are labeled in the presence of each person, who then verifies the correct labeling of the specimens. This process takes no more than half an hour for the trio.
Results are available within two to three weeks.
While some HLA-based tests may be affected by recent blood transfusion, but not drugs or medications, DNA tests are not affected by drugs, medications, or blood transfusion. However, as blood is made in the bone marrow, testing of blood from individuals who have had a bone marrow transplant will give DNA and HLA results that will reflect the donor, rather than the recipient. Therefore, testing of transplanted individuals should be done on other specimens, such as buccal swabs. All rights reserved.