[Histonet] frozen myocardium sections

[Jean-Martin Lapointe]

Hi all,

for a study we are freezing myocardium sections in OCT immersed directly
in liquid nitrogen, without isopentane, because apparently isopentane
quenches the fluorescence of the cells we need to detect in the tissue.
Unfortunately the blocks tend to crack after freezing. Does anyone have
a suggestion to avoid cracking ?

thanks

 

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Jean-Martin Lapointe

AccelLAB Inc

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