Re: [Histonet] Substituting formalin by 70%ethanol in fixed samples.

2016-10-17 Thread Caroline Miller via Histonet
Hi Julio, I can speak to a research / core setting where I often advised my users to place their tissues in 70% ethanol following adequate formalin fixation to maintain epitopes for potential downstream IHC studies. I have found tissue can be placed in 70% and maintained indefinitely. They do not

[Histonet] Substituting formalin by 70%ethanol in fixed samples.

2016-10-16 Thread Julio Benavides via Histonet
Hi there, This is me again with formalin issues. The health and safety officer of my institute keeps on in her crusade of eliminating formalin from the world. After your helpful emails, I convinced her that you do need formalin to fix samples, other approach would need to much setup