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So I did. Searched and read about it, found out the viability and recovery of cryopreserved PBMC has a clear downward slope. Samples are good for years, not dec

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  This depends on what you want to do. The DNA can certainly be sequenced. They might even be viable if you’re nice to them. What I mean to say is this is an accepted practice in many labs, including ones I have worked in. In my experience, these were old tumor cells stored in LN2. Sources include: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01131376 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01131376 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9336042/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9336042/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27792414/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27792414/