I realized that snake sheds are difficult to digest to be used for tissue extraction. I used 1 ml of cell lysis buffer and added 25ul proteinase k then shook it in a thermomixer for a couple of days (55 deg Cels) but turns out it didn't digest the shed completely. Someone told using Tween 20 but when I looked online it read that it's helpful for lysing mammalian cells so I wanted to see if anyone has experience using Tween 20 for lysing reptilian cells. Thanks. Any feedback on skin sheds digestion is highly appreciated.

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