RE: [Histonet] Re: saliva for glycogen hydrolysis
I agree, gum sounds better not to mention the taste CG -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Ingles Claire Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 5:55 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] Re: saliva for glycogen hydrolysis Wouldn't GUM be a more palatable option? Who knows where some of those rubber bands have been! Claire From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu on behalf of Robert Richmond Sent: Mon 2/14/2011 11:09 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Re: saliva for glycogen hydrolysis Here's a truly hi-tech suggestion for doing PAS-diastase stains by the spit method (which by the way is still how it's done by the small pathology services I work on): You can produce copious quantities of saliva by the simple expedient of chewing on a rubber band for a couple of minutes. This used to be the technique used to obtain saliva samples for determination of ABH substance secretor status in the blood bank. (I belong to that elite 20% of donors who are non-secretors, and Lewis-a positive to prove it.) Bob Richmond Samurai pathologist and occasional sialogogue Knoxville TN ___ 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 ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
RE: [Histonet] Re: saliva for glycogen hydrolysis
Wouldn't GUM be a more palatable option? Who knows where some of those rubber bands have been! Claire From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu on behalf of Robert Richmond Sent: Mon 2/14/2011 11:09 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Re: saliva for glycogen hydrolysis Here's a truly hi-tech suggestion for doing PAS-diastase stains by the spit method (which by the way is still how it's done by the small pathology services I work on): You can produce copious quantities of saliva by the simple expedient of chewing on a rubber band for a couple of minutes. This used to be the technique used to obtain saliva samples for determination of ABH substance secretor status in the blood bank. (I belong to that elite 20% of donors who are non-secretors, and Lewis-a positive to prove it.) Bob Richmond Samurai pathologist and occasional sialogogue Knoxville TN ___ 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
Re: [Histonet] Re: saliva for glycogen hydrolysis
It is cute the "sialogogue" term! René J. --- On Mon, 2/14/11, Robert Richmond wrote: From: Robert Richmond Subject: [Histonet] Re: saliva for glycogen hydrolysis To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Monday, February 14, 2011, 12:09 PM Here's a truly hi-tech suggestion for doing PAS-diastase stains by the spit method (which by the way is still how it's done by the small pathology services I work on): You can produce copious quantities of saliva by the simple expedient of chewing on a rubber band for a couple of minutes. This used to be the technique used to obtain saliva samples for determination of ABH substance secretor status in the blood bank. (I belong to that elite 20% of donors who are non-secretors, and Lewis-a positive to prove it.) Bob Richmond Samurai pathologist and occasional sialogogue Knoxville TN ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
