Optimizing an ethanol-based fixative for enhanced nucleic acid preservation in cervical samples using a central composite design approach

• Ghazal Sedaghat Shayegan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Pouya Salehipour,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Ali Najafi,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Mohammad Hossein Modarressi

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision

  * E-mail: Modaresi@tums.ac.ir

  Affiliations Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Genomics Department, Nilou Medical Laboratory, Tehran, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2763-1964

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