For a pretreatment try a strong formic acid solution for 3 min. It has
proven to be the best method for our uses (human).
Amos Brooks

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Subject: IHC


> I am looking for controls slides for IHC on animal tissues, mainly rat and
> mouse.
> Does anyone have extra blocks or slides that they would like to share or
is
> there
> a reliable source to purchase such controls? I am currently trying to
titer
> amyloid antibodies for Alzheimer's.  I would also appreciate any hints,
> protocol or procedures that anyone with experience working on animal
tissues
> may want to share.
>  Thanks in advance.
> Lin
>