[Histonet] Shiny side of a paraffin section

[Jim Reilly]

Hello Everyone

I have worked in histology for 41 years and the only reason we ever put
sections shiny side up is when we want to look at back to back sections:
We would take the first section and put it shiny side up in the bath and
the next section immediately after would be placed shiny side down.
This will give you adjacent sections that will be cut through the same
face i.e. if a cell is cut in half the other half will be mirrored on
the other section. This can be a very handy tool for comparing IHC
staining.

Cheers

James H Reilly
Senior Histology Technician

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