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Can I use this AquaPreserve Blood Protocol to extract total RNA from mouse blood?

April 26, 2017aquapreserve blood Extract mouse Protocol RNA total

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Can I use this AquaPreserve Blood Protocol to extract total RNA from mouse blood?

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Yes, mouse blood contains abundant of RNA. For human blood, the RNA yield is only ~3-5 ug/ml of blood, but for mouse blood, the RNA yield could be ~50-80 ug/ml of blood. Therefore, you may scale down to use 50-100 ul of mouse whole blood for RNA extraction.

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Yes, mouse blood contains an abundance of RNA. For human blood, the RNA yield is only ~3-5 ug/ml of blood, but for mouse blood, the RNA yield can be ~50-80 ug/ml of blood. Therefore, you may scale down to use 50-100 ul of mouse whole blood for RNA extraction.