RE: Process of tissue with CJD, Get ready for responses.
But.... it takes long enough to become ill and die that the money is long
gone..... and you're back to the pine box again!!
-----Original Message-----
From: PMarcum [mailto:pmarcum@polysciences.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 4:03 PM
To: Awbrey, Donald; 'Rita Riddle'
Cc: histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
Subject: RE: Process of tissue with CJD, Get ready for responses.
Well at least it might be enough to bury the winner. Pam Marcum
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Awbrey, Donald [mailto:DonaldAwbrey@texashealth.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 1:41 PM
> To: 'Rita Riddle'
> Cc: 'histonet@pathology.swmed.edu'
> Subject: RE: Process of tissue with CJD, Get ready for responses.
>
>
>
> Hello Rita,
>
> Here goes a long and lengthy discussion on CJD, "Mad Cow Disease",
> and/or prions.
>
> Did anyone see the newest episode of "Fear Factor" and what their
> second challenge consist of.......(eating bovine brains!!What!?!?)
>
> Can you see anyone from the histology profession (as well as any other
> normal human being) partaking in this episode?
>
> Is it worth $50,000.00? Not to me.
>
> Thanks
>
> Can't wait for the responses.......
>
> Donald G. Awbrey, HT(ASCP) QIHC
> Image Analysis / Electron Microscopy
> donaldawbrey@texashealth.org
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rita Riddle [mailto:RitaR@lexhealth.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 9:59 AM
> To: Histology (E-mail)
> Subject: Process of tissue with CJD
>
>
> Need your help,
> Does anyone know if any special handling of formalin-fixed brain
> tissue and
> paraffin blocks obtained from patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is
> required by any known standard? I've read that formalin actually enhances
> prion infectivity and that a formalin-formic acid procedure is
> required for
> inactivation of such tissue samples. Can such tissues be
> disposed of in the
> usual manner? Thanks
>
> Rita Riddle
> Lexington Medical Center
> West Columbia, SC
> Supervisor of Histo/Surgical Pathology
>
>
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