[Histonet] Fungus Control Tissue

[Patrick Laurie]

We took some fresh lung, added some cream cheese which got really moldy,
waited a couple of days, and then processed it.  We got a great control with
some form of aspergillus on the lung surface.

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Galbraith, Joe <joseph-galbraith <@t> uiowa.edu
> wrote:

> Sheila:
>
> Have you tried your local or state animal disease lab or the National
> Animal Disease Lab in Ames, IA.  If you can work with animal instead of
> human tissue these labs may be able to help.  Do you have a large academic
> or tertiary care medical center nearby which has a block reclamation program
> (collects anonymized tissue blocks for research purposes that are being
> discarded by labs after the required holding period).  Sometimes these
> programs can find blocks with unusual or infectious processes as they
> collect from a broad range of sources.  (PS: We have such a program here.)
>
> Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:
> histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Sheila Haas
> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 12:26 PM
> To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: [Histonet] Fungus Control Tissue
>
> Hi all. Does anyone have a resource for control blocks? We are in need
> of fungus controls and are trying to save the cost of buying slides.
> Thanks all.
>
> Sheila Haas
> Laboratory Supervisor
> MicroPath Laboratories, Inc.
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