[Histonet] Re: Ammonia water pH and other bluing solutions

[Kathleen Roberts]

Heck, we still use that.  All our slides look lovely.

The mellow one-
Kathleen Roberts
Rutgers University

Jackie M O'Connor wrote:

>Anyone remember using saturated lithium carbonate?  I could probably use a 
>little lithium right now . . . . . 
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>Correct me if I'm wrong (Pandora's box) but isn't the "bluing" step just 
>bringing the slides BACK to a neutral pH after treating them with acid 
>which makes them purple-ish?  I like the ammonia because it 'seems' to 
>make the nuclei sharper and instantaneously - Li2Co3 and PBS seemed to 
>make them "blah".(Perception is in the eye of the beholder)   Running tap 
>water will make the same miracle happen, but it takes longer.
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>"Johnson, Teri" <TJJ <@t> Stowers-Institute.org>
>Sent by: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
>11/30/2004 12:51 PM
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>Way back in the day, Brigati was using PBS on his immunostainer to blue
>after the hematoxylin counterstain.  I have since used PBS to blue my
>slides instead of ammonium hydroxide/water.  It's cheap, and very easy
>on the sections, and I have plenty of it on hand.
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>Teri Johnson
>Managing Director Histology Facility
>Stowers Institute for Medical Research
>1000 E. 50th St.
>Kansas City, Missouri  64110
>tjj <@t> stowers-institute.org
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