Formalin-free tissue embedding is less hazardous and results in better DNA quality.
Disease diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy choice progressively rely on good-quality Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) for molecular analysis. As tissue processing is routinely performed worldwide with ancient techniques using toxic and DNA-damaging formaldehyde, the quality of DNA isolated from embedded t...
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Main Authors: | , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2024-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0316107 |
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Summary: | Disease diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy choice progressively rely on good-quality Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) for molecular analysis. As tissue processing is routinely performed worldwide with ancient techniques using toxic and DNA-damaging formaldehyde, the quality of DNA isolated from embedded tissues used for diagnostics is poor. We used a novel formalin-free tissue embedding method to process tissues and show that, after 5 years, DNA quality is superior to formalin fixation. |
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ISSN: | 1932-6203 |