Serum (blood draw): 17 December 2025
Capillary (fingerprick): No restrictions

Wednesday, 17 December 2025
Wednesday, 17 December 2025
Tuesday, 16 December 2025
New Year: Blood samples for the Autoimmune Brain Panel may be frozen over the holiday period, and shipped from Tuesday, 06 January 2026.
Wednesday, 17 December 2025
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Wednesday, 17 December 2025
This test measures whether any sections of mtDNA have been damaged and how many. Sections of missing DNA is called a deletion, and a well-researched marker for oxidative stress is the 4977 deletion. This test uses the number of copies of this 4977 deletion to assess how extensive the oxidative stress is. The damage is reversible – once impaired mitochondria have been removed, new healthy mitochondria can replace them