Does anyone have experience with CYP2D6 CNV analysis of DNA extracted from FFPE (formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded) tissue?

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Does anyone have experience with CYP2D6 CNV analysis of DNA extracted from FFPE (formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded) tissue? This specific analysis is causing us serious headaches...

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Per

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Henrik Gréen

Hi Per! We have used pyrosequencing on DNA from diseased. Co-amplifying the cyp2d7 gene. Might work for FFPE as well.

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Henrik Green

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