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Cell Block Preparation Preserves Details of Cellular RNA

Published in Cancer Weekly, November 2nd, 1998

A cell block preparation of a Burkitt's lymphoma cell line served as a reliable control in detecting Epstein-Barr virus.

J. Huh et al. investigated the feasibility of using a cell block preparation of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-infected Burkitt's lymphoma cell line (EB-3) as a positive control for in situ hybridization (ISH) for EBV-encoded RNA (EBER) ("Cell Block Preparation of a Burkitt's Lymphoma Cell Line as a Positive Control for In Situ Hybridization for Epstein-Barr Virus," Acta Cytologica, September-October 1998;42(5):1144-1148).

The researchers processed EB-3 cells into cell block and cytocentrifuge preparations. They performed ISH for EBER...

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