On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Jay Turner wrote:

> animals and re-decalcify.  I have tried to use a metal enhanced DAB (cobalt) 
>   but the color is too close to the hematoxylin counterstain.  Is there any 
> other way ...           Any suggestions?

  Use a different counterstain. Neutral red contrasts well with
  the dark blue-grey of the cobalt-DAB product.

 John A. Kiernan,
 Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology,
 The University of Western Ontario,
 LONDON,  Canada  N6A 5C1