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From: adhar@leland.Stanford.EDU (Adam Noel Harris)
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Subject: Re: NEEDLES
Date: 7 Jul 1995 10:53:23 -0700
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Victoria Finnerty (victoria@OSMOSIS.BIOLOGY.EMORY.EDU) said this stuff:

:   DOES ANYONE HAVE INFORMATION ON SHARPENING NEEDLES FOR 
: TRANSFORMATION,    PERHAPS BY USING A FINE ABRASIVE IN
: AN OIL BATH ???

Needles pulled from glass capillary tubes have been adequately sharp in 
my experience.  You may want to look into purchasing such a puller.

-Adam

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