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From: Histology, Metro Lab [mailto:histo@qcmetro.com]
Sent: 16 May 2002 22:45
To: histonet posting address
Subject: muscle biopsies

We send our muscle biopsies to a referral lab.  Their protocol is to freeze the muscle in a mixture of acetone and dry ice and then ship the specimen in dry ice.  We have a problem of freeze artifact, that is in the report, that the lab send ours.   Does anyone do a process, like this and if so, do you have any suggestions, on how to eliminate the freeze artifact?

Thanks,

Deb Croegaert

Metro Labs

Davenport, Iowa