Alexander Rodriguez

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Is it possible to isolate adipocytes or extract intact adipose tissue from a standard muscle biopsy?

We are interested in intramuscular fat and want to conduct assays using fat tissue taken from muscle biopsies. I am familiar with techniques to clean away fat and connective tissues from muscle...

03 June 2015 3,752 2 View

Can intramuscular fat be obtained from a standard calf muscle biopsy?

We want to conduct cell and molecular studies on intramuscular fat (IMAT) in the legs. Can enough quality adipose tissue be sampled from a standard biopsy in order to conduct ELISAs etc.

29 May 2015 7,691 6 View

What is the legislation in Australia regarding performing minimally invasive muscle biopsies, would this need to be performed by a clinician?

We are planning some studies assaying tissue collected by a minimally invasive muscle biopsy method. We have two scientists and a clinician working on this project. The clinician is not in a...

24 February 2015 3,155 6 View