by jkiernan | Oct 16, 2021 | What's New
Richard W. Dapson writes, on 15th October 2021: Detection of formaldehyde in milk. Get your cell phones ready: there is a new use for Schiff’s reagent! But first, let’s review what Schiff’s reagent is and does. The classic Schiff reagent is a...
by jkiernan | Sep 11, 2021 | What's New
Richard W. Horobin, Associate Editor, Biotechnic & Histochemistry, writes: Scientific frauds involving high-prestige institutions, public enquiries and dismissals can become media events. Retractions of published papers by senior authors or publishers, not so much...
by jkiernan | Aug 28, 2021 | What's New
Rosemary B. Bassey writes on 28th August 2021: Major pigment in Hibiscus sabdariffa: Hibiscin, now known as Daphniphylline? Setting the record straight! “The major pigment, formerly reported as hibiscin, has been identified as daphniphylline” [1]. This statement,...
by jkiernan | Aug 4, 2021 | What's New
For an excised tumor it is often important to relate the surfaces of the specimen to their original anatomical locations, to locate any remaining neoplastic tissue that still needs to be removed. Tissue inks are used for painting surfaces in different colors. An ideal...
by jkiernan | May 17, 2021 | News About Dyes and Stains, What's New
Richard W. Dapson writes, on 17th May 2021: Carminic acid and its aluminum lake, carmine, are important histological dyes, but commercial trade in these products has undergone massive shifts in the last few decades due to market forces way beyond histology. Originally...
by jkiernan | Apr 29, 2021 | News About Dyes and Stains, What's New
Are fluorescent probes biological stains? On 29th April 2021 Richard W. Horobin wrote: There are various communities of clinical lab workers who use “traditional” microscopic staining methods, such as hematoxylin and eosin, and the Gram or Papanicolaou stains....
