[Histonet] process formalin-fixed tissues from animals infected with a virus

[John Garratt]

Evaluation of Virus Inactivation by Formaldehyde to Enhance Biosafety of Diagnostic Electron Microscopy

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4353909/

It is nice to have a reference.

John

On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 4:10 AM, Greg Dobbin via Histonet <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote:

> Hi Amy,
> Formalin fixed tissue is no longer infectious...unless you are talking
> about prions (eg scrapie, BSE, etc). So there should otherwise be no
> concerns or additional precautions required.
> Cheers,
> Greg
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