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Formalin

Formalin

a 37% aqueous solution of formaldehyde.

Synonym: formol.


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Re: How to be "good at the bench"

... media 2. Don’t autoclave: corrosives (Acids, phenol, bases), solvents or volatiles (ethanol, methanol. Chloroform); liquids containing bleach, formalin, or glutaraldehyde; buffers with detergents, such as 10% SDS, since they can boil over; heat labile ingredients such as serum, vitamins, antibodies, ...

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by jangajarn
Sat May 23, 2009 7:15 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How to be "good at the bench"
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Re: PETA

during our zoo 1 our professor took a skined toad and submerged it on formalin it was wonderful to see that the toad, even when there was little hope for him to survive, persisted to live was of the most important thing I learned in biology is that life is ...

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by volcob
Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:03 am
 
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Topic: PETA
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NEED IMMIDIATE HELP WITH RNA EXTRACTION!!

Ive been working in a PATH lab for 2 months now. I have been given the assignment of extracting RNA from Formalin fixed Paraffin tissue. So far I have used the RNAeasy Kit for RNA extraction from FFPE and i have also tried a TRIZOL method. NOTHING IS WORKING!!!! I get 0 bands ...

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by molecular newbie
Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:00 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: NEED IMMIDIATE HELP WITH RNA EXTRACTION!!
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The Fiber Disease

... at 200X magnification after the application of 15-20µL of Vectashield mountant (Sigma) and a cover slip. Electron Microscopy A portion of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded nasal polyp from a patient with rhinosporidiosis was removed from the block, dewaxed with xylene, rehydrated with ...

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by al
Mon Dec 25, 2006 1:39 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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The Fiber Disease

... endospores. Hydrogen peroxide, glutaraldehyde, chloroxylenol, chlorhexidine, cetrimide, thimerosal, 70% ethanol, iodine in 70% ethanol, 10% formalin, povidone-iodine, sodium azide and silver nitrate were tested on freshly-harvested endospores and all biocides caused metabolic inactivation ...

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by tamtam
Mon Nov 27, 2006 3:26 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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