How to embed a liquid sample in agarose ?

12 April 2024 0 4K Report

Hello everyone,

Could you please help me to know how to embed a liquid (and small) sample of extracelullar vesicles into agarose ? To avoid an escape of EV and their destruction by a high temperature.

Thank you for your help.

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