PCR from blood clot

Christian Praetorius via methods%40net.bio.net (by prae from gmx.net)
Thu Mar 8 06:53:15 EST 2007


"Pow Joshi" <pow.joshi from gmail.com> wrote:

>the caveat is that you will extract all DNA
>there is, not just WBC ....

It is possible to isolate these cells using ficoll.

>... another thought was if one could use "blood thinning agents" ...(
>no not anti coagulants, but ones that dissolve the clots like say
>warfarin?) ....

Use chemicals like EDTA or Heparin to prevent this in forehand.

Christian

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