We have success with Sandison Method, see below:
Sandison Method Solutions: 95% ethanol 300ml 38% Formalin 10ml Sodium carbonate 10g Water 690ml Method: Leave tissues in solution overnight or until they become soft. Replace one third of fluid with 95% ethanol, repeat until tissue becomes firm. Reference: "The histological examination of Mummified Tissue" Stain Techn 30:277-283, 1955 Regards Tony Henwood JP, MSc, BAppSc, GradDipSysAnalys, CT(ASC) Laboratory Manager & Senior Scientist Tel: 612 9845 3306 Fax: 612 9845 3318 the children's hospital at westmead Cnr Hawkesbury Road and Hainsworth Street, Westmead Locked Bag 4001, Westmead NSW 2145, AUSTRALIA -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Parsons, Catherine Sent: Thursday, 24 June 2010 1:16 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Help Resurrecting Dried Fixed Tissue I am grasping at straws and hoping for ideas to salvage some formalin fixed tissue specimens. I work in a research lab, and am quite new to histology and this particular lab. A former student left formalin fixed tissue specimens that were stored in 70% ethanol. Unfortunately, the seal failed on a few of the vials, the ethanol evaporated, and the tissue is a dried out disaster at the bottom of the vial. Has anyone has any experience / luck rehydrating tissues? Really, any information that I could possibly pull out of these specimens would be welcome. Cathy Parsons _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ********************************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message and any attachments are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of The Children's Hospital at Westmead This note also confirms that this email message has been virus scanned and although no computer viruses were detected, The Childrens Hospital at Westmead accepts no liability for any consequential damage resulting from email containing computer viruses. ********************************************************************************* _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet