[Histonet] IHC control blocks

[Richard Cartun]

Hi Sherri:

Do you work in a hospital laboratory?  If so, you really should prepare
your own control blocks from tissue that you have on site.  I am not a
proponent of using someone else's tissue (that has been fixed and
processed differently) for control purposes.

Richard

Richard W. Cartun, Ph.D.
Director, Immunopathology & Histology
Assistant Director, Anatomic Pathology
Hartford Hospital
80 Seymour Street
Hartford, CT  06102
(860) 545-1596
(860) 545-0174 Fax

>>> "Sherri Anderson" <specialstainsqueen <@t> hotmail.com> 10/09/06 10:22
AM >>>
Good morning everyone!  Does anyone know of a company that sells
control 
blocks for IHC?  I'm looking for blocks rather than slides because 1) I
can 
cut my own slides and 2) in the long run, the blocks would probably end
up 
being more cost efficient.  Does anyone know of such a company?  I did
a 
quick search on the web but didn't come up with anything.  I'm just
looking 
for controls for some of the more "routine" antibodies:  actin, CEA, 
cytokeratin, AFP, desmin, GFAP, S-100, chromogranin, PSA, etc.

Thanks for any feedback!

Sherri

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