[Histonet] histology for kids

[Smith, Allen]

If you ripen it with air or sodium iodate, alum hematoxylin is quite safe.  FD&C green #3 is food grade fast green FCF, an excellent stain for collagen.  FD&C yellow #5 is tartrazine, a plasma stain. 

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From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Kim Merriam
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 9:58 AM
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Subject: [Histonet] histology for kids

Hello All,

My company is hosting an in-house science awareness day for local grade-school students.  I would love to teach them about histology, but all of the demonstrations need to be done in our conference room (thus, nothing hazardous).  Does anyone know of any house-hold dyes (grape juice, food coloring, beet juice, etc) that would stain tissue elements on slides?  I would like to bring down some deparaffinized tissues and stain them with something and throw a coverslip on (water-mounted) so that they can look at the tissue with a microscope.  I will also bring some already prepared slides (wtih real stains) for them to look at.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Kim


Kim Merriam, MA, HT(ASCP)QIHC
Cambridge, MA


      
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