Recovery of genomic and transcriptomic profiles from decades-old FFPE brain tissues
Researchers have successfully extracted and sequenced DNA and RNA from decades-old FFPE brain tissue from the Danish Brain Collection. The study demonstrates that improved extraction techniques can yield biologically informative data from degraded samples.
Why it matters
This breakthrough unlocks a massive archive of historical brain tissue, potentially advancing research into neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders.
Scientific Reports ( 2026 ) Cite this article
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