[Histonet] histogel

[Andrea Grantham]

When I use histogel I do "process as usual" and this does not include 
formalin. I put the cassette containing the tissue embedded in histogel 
into 70% ETOH. The processor starts with 70% ETOH X 2 and the concentration 
of ETOH goes up from there. Haven't had any problems.
Maybe I've just been lucky?
Andi Grantham



At 10:49 AM 4/13/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Yes Yes Yes!!!!!!! If you don't fix the histogel in formalin before
>processing it WILL DISSOLVE! I learned this the hard way! The instructions
>say something vague like "process as usual". Of course, I informed Richard
>Allen that many of us in research do not have formalin on our tissue
>processors. Richard Allen said they were going to change the instructions.
>Once you have fixed the histogel you can process it like you would any other
>piece of tissue.
>Sharron
>University of South Florida
>
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>
>Dear all,
>
>I have a question concerning histogel!!
>I'm working with fetal lung and I thought histogel would be a nice way
>to handle then while embedding.
>My question is do I have to fix the histogel before processing for
>embedding in paraffine?
>How is the normal procedure for tissues's in histogel??
>
>Thank you for all your kind answers.
>
>Regards,
>Marta.
>
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