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Hidden in pathology archives and biospecimen repositories around the world is a treasure trove of information locked within formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue samples. While FFPE is a gold standard preservation method for immunohistochemistry and other antibody-based analyses, the technique can pose difficulties for researchers wishing to extract nucleic acid-based information, especially gene expression data.