RE: [Histonet] picric acid paranoia

2013-06-04 Thread Smith, Allen
Picric acid bound to collagen is not an explosion hazard. Even if it were, the surrounding paraffin wax would cushion the picric acid to the point of making it shockproof. Most of the picric acid in a fixative ends up in the hazmat bottle rather than in the tissue. Thus even putting 50 or

Re: [Histonet] picric acid paranoia

2013-06-04 Thread Will Chappell
Ship them as you would any biological test samples. No problems here. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 4, 2013, at 5:52 AM, Smith, Allen asm...@mail.barry.edu wrote: Picric acid bound to collagen is not an explosion hazard. Even if it were, the surrounding paraffin wax would cushion the picric

[Histonet] Anyone know if commercial antibodies to KCA-1 and/or KCA-2 (Kupffer cell antibodies) are available?

2013-06-04 Thread Thurby, Christina
Hi all, I have been searching for a Kupffer cell antibody. I read a paper that KCA-1 and KCA-2 are two monoclonal antibodies that are specific for Kupffer cells (PMCID: PMC1877398) . I am looking for a vendor that may have these antibodies available commercially. Alternatively, if anyone

RE: [Histonet] Anyone know if commercial antibodies to KCA-1 and/or KCA-2 (Kupffer cell antibodies) are available?

2013-06-04 Thread Thurby, Christina
Thanks James and Liz! I'll look into the Iba1, this is an antibody I have not looked at yet! Christina -Original Message- From: James Watson [mailto:jwat...@gnf.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 2:09 PM To: 'Elizabeth Chlipala'; Thurby, Christina; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu

[Histonet] Question - MDM

2013-06-04 Thread Richard Cartun
Is anyone using a commercially available antibody (not RUO) for the immunohistochemical detection of MDM in liposarcoma? Thank you. Richard Richard W. Cartun, MS, PhD Director, Histology Immunopathology Director, Biospecimen Collection Programs Assistant Director, Anatomic Pathology