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DNA extraction from formalin fixed tissue - (Nov/09/2005 )

can anyone refer me to a method for extracting nuclear DNA from formalin preserved tissue. or is this even possible?

-mytilidae-

Dear friend,
What sample are you dealing with?

1) Try to read this person thesis:

Mark Dorris had done some detail study on
REVERSING THE EFFECTS OF FORMALIN FIXATION (PhD thesis, 1999)

on this webside:
http://www.nematodes.org/protocols/formalin/formalin.html

Best regards

-Hadrian-