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DNA isolation from blood samples stored at 4C for 1 year - (Dec/20/2005 )

Deal all,

Can anybody suggest a method to isolate DNA from Preserved blood samples for 1 year at 4 degree C.

heartly welcome for Suggetions


Regards

CNU

-sreenivas-

I have not used blood that was stored greater than 1 year, but certainly have done samples > 2-3 months.

Used both standard RBC lysis and harvest from WBC using guanidium thiocyanate (very traditional method) and kits for blood (Qiagen and Promega etc.) and had no real problem.

All I can say ... give it a try.

-AussieUSA-

QUOTE (AussieUSA @ Dec 21 2005, 09:36 AM)
I have not used blood that was stored greater than 1 year, but certainly have done samples > 2-3 months.

Used both standard RBC lysis and harvest from WBC using guanidium thiocyanate (very traditional method) and kits for blood (Qiagen and Promega etc.) and had no real problem.

All I can say ... give it a try.



I've used this procedure for 2+ year old blood samples. It takes a little fiddling to get the cells properly lysed with really old samples, but it does work.

-b3ka-