Aldehyde fuchsin after fixation with Bouin's. Beta cells are a rich purple.
If you can't get paraldehyde (a controlled substance these days) you can use
acetaldehyde (I think) or some other aldehyde to make the stain. I can
supply a reference if you need it. A colleague did a lot of work on this in
the '80's. Hmmm, does that sound like a long time ago?

jean.reed@pharma.novartis.com wrote:

> Hello Histonetters,
> Need some help.  Any one have a recipe that they would like to share for
> staining beta cells in pancreas?
> Any help would be GREATLY APPRECIATED.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Jean Reed
> Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.
> Summit, NJ 07901

Geoff (almost next door in Piscataway, NJ)
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