Storing your tissue in 70% alcohol is the preferable way to store them.  


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Bell" 
To: "Rita Angel" ; 
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: storage of tissues


> Rita
> 
> Do you have space for a ventilated cabinet?  Then you can put the 
> jars with formalin in there.
> 
> Susan
> 
> 
> At 1:41 PM -0400 9/25/02, Rita Angel wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I have a question about storage of tissue that I hope someone can 
> >help me with. Does anyone know how long animal tissues can be stored 
> >in 70% ethanol without any damaging effects or hardening of tissues 
> >(after they've been fixed)?
> >
> >We normally don't keep our tissues in 70% ethanol any longer than a 
> >few weeks, but we've been told we need to keep all of our formalin 
> >under a fume hood, (even if they're in closed containers) which we 
> >have very limited space for.  These are tissues that we want to keep 
> >long term; we dispose of unwanted tissue 30 days after we receive 
> >them. If we could store them in ethanol, this would solve our 
> >problem.
> >
> >Thanks for all of your help in advance.
> >Please respond to my email address, since I just subscribed to the 
> >histonet today.
> >
> >Rita Angel
> 
> 
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> Susan Bell
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