Re: histo. of the Cochlear
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From: | Katie B <bresee98@yahoo.com> (by way of histonet) |
To: | histonet <histonet@magicnet.net> |
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Karen--
How big are these tissues when you decalcify them in EDTA? I'm
curious if the tissues I work with can go through your recipe for EDTA
and be done with faster than what I'm doing now. Presently, I have to
wait 4 days to a week and do it at 4 degrees.
-Katie Bennett
---Karen S Pawlowski <kna101@utdallas.edu> wrote:
> As for decalcification, you can do TEM, SEM, and LM without it, but
that
> gets pretty tricky. When I decalcifiy, I use an EDTA mixture for a
day or
> two. The recipe I use for this now works faster, with no difference
in
> arcitecture from the recipe I used to use. Here is the recipe:
>
> 291.1 gm EDTA (Sigma #ED4SS)
> 1 L distilled water
> mix and add about 42 ml of acetic acid to bring pH to 8.0
> Bring total volume to 2 L
>
> I decalcify at room temp.
>
==
Catherine "Katie" Bresee Bennett
Laboratory for Experimental Pathology
Department of Veterinary Pathology
Michigan State University
*new* e-mail: bresee98@yahoo.com
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