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Standard Operating Procedure for Enrichment and Isolation of Circulating Tumour Cells (CTCs) for FISH and IF Analysis Using The WaveSense Immunomagnetic Separation Platform   Add to my SOP compendium

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Source: Squire Research Labs Tier: SOP Number of times downloaded: 920

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This document describes the procedure used by Squire Research Laboratories to process blood for the isolation and enrichment of circulating tumor cells (CTC) and slide preparation for fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis and immunofluorescence analysis using the Wavesense platform. It is a product of Squire Research Laboratories at Queen’s University and is available from http://cancyto.path.queensu.ca/index_files/CTC_Protocols.htm.

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