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Fatemeh Tohidi

Hi Dr. Forghani

I wish best time for you, we use topaz gene kit for RNA extraction.

Fereidoun Forghani

Hi. Same here. Unfortunately I do not have access to this product where I am. And, does it work for such a low amount any way?

Inci Basak Mustak

It is not actually a kit but you can try TRIzol (Thermo), it works really good.