In this article, we demonstrate how the absorbent microbiopsy technique is performed and how the sample can be used for RNA extraction for simple and simultaneous sampling of skin and blood in a minimally invasive manner.
Lei, B. U., Yamada, M., Hoang, V. L., Belt, P. J., Moore, M. H., Lin, L. L., Flewell-Smith, R., Dang, N., Tomihara, S., Prow, T. W. Absorbent Microbiopsy Sampling and RNA Extraction for Minimally Invasive, Simultaneous Blood and Skin Analysis. J. Vis. Exp. (144), e58614, doi:10.3791/58614 (2019).