I think producing a "cytoblock" with histogel or similar could help. You can also take citratplasma and coagulate it to a small block with the meat-pieces inside. Gudrun
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] Im Auftrag von Perry, Margaret Gesendet: Donnerstag, 23. April 2009 18:53 An: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Betreff: [Histonet] ground meat samples We will be doing IHC on ground pork and would like tips on how to process and embed the samples. Can you leave the processed sample in a paper biopsy bag and embed both the meat and the paper? Will cutting the paper make the blade dull to quickly? Is there anything else we can use to hold the tissue together? We had thought to maybe use pig intestine and pack the meat into it to make it cut better. Thank you in advance for your help. Histonet has helped me out many times and I greatly appreciate it. Margaret Perry HT (ASCP) IHC Lab Manager Veterinary Science Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Lab South Dakota State University Box 2175 North Campus Drive Brookings SD 57007 _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet