Very interesting paper John! Thank you. I wish the authors had also experimented with higher concentrations of formaldehyde (eg 10% formalin). Might one infer that 10% would be even more efficient in inactivating viral infectivity than 2 and 4%? 🤔 Cheers Greg
On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 11:02 AM John Garratt <john.garr...@ciqc.ca> wrote: > Evaluation of Virus Inactivation by Formaldehyde to Enhance Biosafety of > Diagnostic Electron Microscopy > > > https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4353909/ > > > It is nice to have a reference. > > > > John > > On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 4:10 AM, Greg Dobbin via Histonet < > histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote: > > Hi Amy, > Formalin fixed tissue is no longer infectious...unless you are talking > about prions (eg scrapie, BSE, etc). So there should otherwise be no > concerns or additional precautions required. > Cheers, > Greg > > -- > *Greg Dobbin* > 1205 Pleasant Grove Rd > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/1205+Pleasant+Grove+Rd?entry=gmail&source=g> > RR#2 York, > PE C0A 1P0 > > > *Everything in moderation...even moderation itself**!* > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > > > > -- *Greg Dobbin* 1205 Pleasant Grove Rd RR#2 York, PE C0A 1P0 *Everything in moderation...even moderation itself**!* _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
