[Histonet] OCT and RNA

[Kathleen Roberts]

I don't think the OCT will affect the RNA in the tissue, but Ambion has 
a product and resources that will help you confirm that and protect your 
RNA.  Here's the link to the product:

http://www.ambion.com/catalog/CatNum.php?AM7030

And on their home page they have a link to their tech support dept. 
which has articles from the basics of RNA on up. Hope this helps!

Kathleen Roberts
Principal Lab Technician
Neurotoxicology Labs
Dept of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Rutgers, the State University of NJ
41 B Gordon Rd
Piscataway, NJ 08854
(732) 445-6914

Karen Doty wrote:

>Hi,
>
>  Some of our researchers want to collect frozen tissue for possible future use for frozen sections or for RNA analysis. We would like to know how freezing in OCT will effect subsequent RNA determinations if it is decided that they need the tissue more for RNA analysis than for frozen sections for morphology or IHC studies.
>
> Thanks very much for you adivice.
>
>Karen
>
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