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Isolating RNA from whole blood — the dawn of RNA-based diagnosis?
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Isolating RNA from whole blood — the dawn of RNA-based diagnosis?

Donald E Macfarlane and Christopher E Dahle
Nature (London), Vol.362(6416), pp.186-188
03/1993
DOI: 10.1038/362186a0
PMID: 7680772

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Abstract

A novel cationic surfactant solution is used to lyse blood cells and precipitate RNA and DNA. The RNA is recovered by extracting the pellet with a small volume of guanidinium isothiocyanate or formamide.

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