Nope, sorry. All your fat is dissolved. Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 13, 2012, at 8:52 AM, z o n k e d <zon...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Histonetters, > > First time writer, long time reader. I'm a newbie tech in academia and I > was given a simple task which I think I pretty much screwed up. > > I should have embedded half of a mouse liver in paraffin for microtome > sectioning while the other half should have been embedded in OCT for > cryosectioning (for oil red o). I made the mistake last night of placing > both liver halves into the tissue processor. The liver I intended for OCT > embedding is now hard as wax. Is there any way to deparaffinize processed > organs and may I embed them in OCT for proper cryosectioning? I imagine > that the liver would get dehydrated, I would get crappy sections, and Oil > Red O won't work. > > Any suggestions are welcome. > > Thank you so much, > > Zoe W. > > > -- > "It costs nothing to say something kind. Even less to shut up altogether." > > --Nathan Fillion > _______________________________________________ > 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