I believe the chaps at Leicester have a good fixative that stabilises their cells for a few weeks. They're using it for the NEQAS surveys. I'm sorry I don't have other details beyond that but a fixative such as you describe would be useful for many small labs that send their samples out for testing. Te-Chih Liu, MD NUH Haematology Singapore > We've been working in our lab with some novel fixatives which can preserve >cell structure/morphology and maintain antigens for at least one week. >Eventually, we would like to turn this technology into a product. Does >anyone >see a need or use for such a product in their daily work? If so, what is >your >application? Thanks for reading this far, Corbin Bennett > >Please address responses to the list or to vbsmith@unmc.edu
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