SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pacific Biometrics, Inc. (OTCBB:PBME) (“PBI”) has been awarded a contract to provide specialty laboratory testing services for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Institute on Aging (NIA). These testing services are in support of a major long-term clinical study that is being conducted by the NIA, known as the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA). The BLSA is a multidisciplinary observational study of the physiological and psychological aspects of human aging and diseases and conditions that increase with age. Information from the BLSA is expected to define strategies to improve quality of life in old age and prevent and delay loss of independence.
