We have had much better luck with HistoGel!  Give it a try.

Jeanine Bartlett, HT(ASCP)
Centers for Disease Control
Infectious Disease Pathology Activity
Atlanta, GA


-----Original Message-----
From: Laurie Reilly [mailto:Laurie.Reilly@jcu.edu.au]
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 6:37 PM
To: histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
Subject: Agar embedding


Histonetters,
Could somebody please provide me with a protocol for embedding tiny 
specimens in agar and then processing the agar block through ethanol and 
xylene and into paraffin.
My attempts so far have produced severely shrunken and hard lumps of 
unrecognisable agar.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,  Laurie.

Mr.Laurie Reilly                                              Ph 07 4781
4468
Physiology & Pharmacology                           Fax  07 4779  1526
Aust.Inst.of Tropical Vet.& Animal Sc.
James Cook University
Townsville  Qld. 
4811                                      laurie.reilly@jcu.edu.au 

Australia.