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1Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Abstract:
The purpose of this protocol is to take any biopsy or whole organ tissue from animals or human, formalin-fix the specimen to preserve the current state of the tissue, and embed it into a paraffin block and for future immunohistochemistry experiments (If you intend to fix cells, check the alternative protocols: Preparation of Cells for Microscopy using Cytospin, Preparation of Cells for Microscopy using Chamber Slides and Coverslips, or Preparation of Cells for Microscopy using 'Cell Blocks').
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