Jesus,
The formic acid (5%) will decalcify the hydroxyapatite which can be very
hard and crunchy to cut but since you ground the section I guess you don't
care about that. I would be concerned though that the formic acid might
also cause you to lose staining of some cell components that depend on
Hello Jesus!
Try Sanderson's Rapid Bone Stain from Dorn and Hart Microedge
(www.dornandhart.com). This is a metachromatic stain and should help you to
penetrate the resin if heated at 60C and stained for 5-10 minutes depending
upon section thickness. Rinse the slide in dH2O @ 60C and blot dry
