Can I use other specimens besides whole blood with OncoQuick?
Yes. You can use the buffy coat (also called a LRP) (at a 1:1 dilution with a physiological buffer, i.e. PBS) and bone marrow specimens. The depletion of contaminating bone marrow cells is less efficient than removal of blood cells. OncoQuick still has a 10-fold higher depletion of bone marrow cells than Ficoll-Paque.
