Reliability and performance of commercial RNA and DNA extraction kits for FFPE tissue cores.

Cancer biomarker studies often require nucleic acid extraction from limited amounts of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues, such as histologic sections or needle cores. A major challenge is low quantity and quality of extracted nucleic acids, which can limit our ability to perform genet...

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Main Authors: Palak G Patel, Shamini Selvarajah, Karl-Philippe Guérard, John M S Bartlett, Jacques Lapointe, David M Berman, John B A Okello, Paul C Park
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5480995?pdf=render