Re: [Histonet] staining of plastic sections

2009-09-30 Thread Geoff McAuliffe
Hi Lesley: There is a fairly large literature on this subject. I my opinion, most of the fancier stains are not worth the effort and the results are disappointing. In a separate mailing, I will send you some references. Geoff Lesley Bechtold wrote: Hi Histonetters, If anyone has a good

Re: [Histonet] staining of plastic sections

2009-09-30 Thread kbowden
I use McNeal as a substitute for HE. I use it on MMA embedded bone. It is to intense (for us) to be used on JB-4. I think you might need to try a few different stains to select the best. */ /* */-- You are what you do - not what you say --/* */Karen Bowden Staff Research Associate II

RE: [Histonet] staining of plastic sections

2009-09-30 Thread Sherwood, Margaret
Under separate cover I sent an article for Stains for Plastic Embedded Tissue Sections which originally appeared in Stain Technology 42:9-14 (1974) by Humphrey and Pittman. I received it as an LKB applicaton note 303. The article describes an HE stain for plastic sections, using methylene