pomphorhynchus laevis is a common fish parasite in europe which   has been reported from acipenser stellatus, barbus capito, barbus lacerta, barbus mursa and onchorhynchus mykiss in iran. in a survey on the aquaculture potential of gamasiab river in hamedan province, endemic fish parasites were investigated in summer and autumn 2008. after recording biometric characteristics, common necropsy an...

BACKGROUND Formalin is widely used to fix histological preparations and as preservatives in embalming solutions and is an age-long practice in medical laboratories. It is generally accepted that the risk of contracting infections is relatively high among medical laboratory workers and pathologists. Recent studies have, however, suggested that formalin does not effectively inactivate all kinds o...

Pomphorhynchus laevis is a common fish parasite in Europe which   has been reported from Acipenser stellatus, Barbus capito, Barbus lacerta, Barbus mursa and Onchorhynchus mykiss in Iran. In a survey on the aquaculture potential of Gamasiab River in Hamedan Province, endemic fish parasites were investigated in summer and autumn 2008. After recording biometric characteristics, common necropsy an...

BACKGROUND The potential problems associated with the use of formalin in histology, such as health hazards, degradation of RNA and cross-linking of proteins are well recognized. We describe the utilization of a formalin-free fixation and processing system for tissue detection of two important biopredictors in breast cancer - estrogen receptor and HER2 - at the RNA and protein levels. METHODS ...

BACKGROUND MicroRNAs have recently taken centre stage as short non-coding RNAs that regulate mRNA expression. AIM/METHODS To assess the feasibility of using microRNA techniques on routinely processed tissues, the accessibility of two representative microRNAs was examined by real-time quantitative PCR in 86 human formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples from liver, breast, bone marrow, ...

There are vast archives of formalin-fixed tissues spanning many conceivable conditions such as different diseases, time courses, and different treatment and allowing acquisition of the necessary numbers of samples to carry out biomarker discovery study. However, the conventional protein analysis approach is not applicable for the analysis of proteins in the formalin-fixed tissue because the for...

Introduction: The health hazards resulting from exposure to formalin have given rise the need of developing safer alternative fixatives. Almond oil has been widely used in aromatherapy and cosmetic industry for its good penetrating skin-rejuvenating properties, whereas vitamin E is a known anti-oxidant. present study aimed test fixative efficacy almond with as compared formalin.
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