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Zia Vance

u have to use the hair folicle along with the hair. then use the sonicator and cesium chloride and optimize according to materials availability

Silvia Gómez-Sebastián

Thank you Zia,

could you please tell me the concentration of the cesium chloride to use? sonication cycles, if there is a necesity to wash the cesium chloride after the sonication, or other tips. Have you got any protocol that I can follow?