Introduction
Welcome to OpenSpecimen 101!
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Primary samples that are collected directly from a participant are typically processed into other sample types which are either stored or aliquoted and stored.(expand below for explanation)
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This is an example of a typical lifecycle of whole blood processed into serum or DNA and then aliquotted.  In OpenSpecimen, this hierarchical relationship is represented in a parent-child structure. Samples of any lineage can be parents of additional samples. So these relationships do not stop at the aliquot level.
 For instance, it’s possible to make a primary cultured cell line from a frozen aliquot of PBMCs. This relationship is captured by creating a derivative from an aliquot. OpenSpecimen uses colored dots as a visual indicator of status to show the status of a sample:
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