[Histonet] -80 degrees rationale

[Paula Sicurello]

Hello My Fellow Listers,

The question of the day is:  What is the rationale for storing frozen
biopsies at -80 degrees?

I have seen protocols that range in temperature from -40 to -80 degrees.

Was -80 selected because that was the lowest freezers could go back in the
day?

Awaiting your chilly responses!

Thanks in advance,

Paula

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Paula Sicurello, HTL (ASCP)
Supervisor, Clinical Electron Microscopy Laboratory
Duke University Health System
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