Hello Betsy!
I use Leica's EM400 for my paraffin embedding needs and it does extremely well
for all of my decalcified bone work. Of course I mostly work with
undemineralized bone, biomaterials and medical device implants so I pretty
routinely utilize acrylic resins (MMA) for most of my work. With that said, if
you need any help or assistance should you need to go the route of plastic
embedding, feel free to contact me.
One quick note, I also have access to a non-contact laser (laser microtome)
that can cut thin micron linear or 3D sections of fresh or resin embedded
tissues. If you are interested, I would love to see if this technology could
help service your needs if you have some spare tissue samples that you could
send over to me.
Best Regards,
Jack
Jack L. RatliffOwner/Histologist - Ratliff Histology Consultants, LLCChairman,
Hard Tissue Committee - National Society for
histotechnology317-281-1975jratl...@ratliffhistology.com
From: bmolin...@texasheart.org
To: Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:31:02 +
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Subject: [Histonet] harder paraffin
Hi Histonetters,
Good Friday to you all. Do you know if there is a “harder” paraffin that may
offer more support to the tissue while cutting? I currently use Paraplast Plus
and love it, but now I am cutting some polymer material and there is some
tearing and was thinking that maybe a different paraffin would help. I am
trying to avoid embedding in plastic.
Thanks,
Betsy Molinari HT (ASCP)
Texas Heart Institute
Cardiovascular Pathology
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