I have never used anything but ethyl alcohol.  Sounds like the time you
spent in the alcohol was much too long.  That usually gives you a fried up,
dried up mess. 

Loralee Gehan
University of Rochester
Orthopaedics Research 

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> From: 	Tague, Curtis
> Sent: 	Monday, December 1, 2003 1:30 PM
> To: 	Histonet (E-mail)
> Subject: 	[Histonet] 200 proof absolute ethyl alcohol
> 
>  i remember using some of this stuff many years ago to process tissue and
> ended up with a bunch of fried or burnt looking tissue. i was told ethyl
> alcohol is not good for processing tissue but i think i've heard different
> since then. anyone have any comments? can ethyl alcohol be used to process
> tissue and the error was a result of some other mistake?
> 
> 
> thanks for your help,
> curt
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