RE: poly-lysine coated slides
From: | "Prodhan, Parthak,M.D." |
We have had success in using Vectabond (Vector Labs) coated slides to
prevent tissue lifting. It works well.
Parthak Prodhan
MassGeneral Hospital
Boston, MA 02114
617-724-2894
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> From: Marcus Andrews[SMTP:m.andrews@utoronto.ca]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 4:30 PM
> To: Histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> Subject: poly-lysine coated slides
>
> Dear all:
>
> Is anybody collecting frozen tissue specimens on poly-lys coated
> glass
> slides? In order to save cost, we manually coat glass slides with
> poly-L-Lysine (from Sigma), and keep them refrigerated at +4oC for a
>
> max time of 2-3 weeks before deeming them unusable (presumably due
> to
> poly-Lys breakdown). As a large part of our target tissue is
> neural,
> we prefer to use this method of coating slides.
>
> Does anybody have any clues if coated slides can last for longer
> periods without losing their Lys-charge? I'm finding that too many
> slides are being wasted due to the time barrier and am not
> particularly
> sure it's reasonable (however, don't want my analysis to suffer due
> to
> tissue/slide problems!).
>
>
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