Chris - I can't tell you about a comparison with the pressure/cooker 
microwave HIER, but since I've started my techs using the Decloaking 
Chamber, my pathologists are much happier.  We used to just use the 
microwave and copin jars.  I can't prove it, but since we finally ran out of 
another brand of citra epitope retrieval, and are now using ReVeal, one of 
the pickiest pathologists raved over the results. So....I would say that 
ReVeal is a good product to try.

Bec the Tec


>From: csawr@smartt.com
>To: histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
>Subject: Decloaking chamber
>Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 22:18:38 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Does anyone have any experience with the Decloaking Chamber from Biocare?
>Are there any advantages to using this over pressure cooker/microwave HIER
>for immunohistochemistry?  Also we would be interested in anyone's
>experience with "Reveal" solution - also from Biocare.
>Thanks in advance for your input.
>
>Chris Sawrenko
>BC Cancer Agency
>Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
>
>

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