[Histonet] frozens on eye parts

[Instrumedics]

Andrea,
I believe that the eye should be snap frozen to minimize the growth of 
ice-crystals.

We have prepared very good frozen eye sections with snap freezing followed 
by using the CryoJane Tape-Transfer process.

To learn more about the tape-transfer technology please visit 
www.instrumedics.com.

If you have any questions we would love to answer them.

Bernice




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrea Grantham" <algranth <@t> u.arizona.edu>
To: <histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 2:07 PM
Subject: [Histonet] frozens on eye parts


> Histonetters,
> There is an investigator here who will soon be working with human eye 
> "parts" that are frozen and sectioned on a cryostat. Right now they are 
> not certain of what "parts" other than macula. Can these be snap frozen 
> they way we do livers and kidneys, etc. or is there something special 
> about eye tissue that requires some alternative freezing procedure to 
> produce a better section?
> Thanks.
> Andi Grantham
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