Paraffin Tape-Transfer System

Cat# 475223P

 
Sections are captured flat and uncompressed on a tape-window as they are cut and then transferred to an adhesive coated slide. It is very useful for difficult-to-cut paraffin sections, sections that are poorly fixed or poorly infiltrated. Sections are immediately ready for deparaffinization. It is the preferred method for tissue microarray sections. The method eliminates the need for the water bath and drying step.

Kononen, J. et al. Tissue microarrays for high-throughput molecular profiling of tumor specimens. Nature Medicine. vol. 4, no. 7 p.844-847 (July 1998)

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FIG. 1 Tumor array construction.

An adhesive-coated tape sectioning system assists in cutting the tissue micro array block. Each tissue element in the array is 0.6 mm in diameter and spacing between two adjacent array elements is 0.1 mm.
**Publications citing the Paraffin Tape-Transfer Method for Tissue Microarrays**

Bubendorf et al., Cancer Research 59:803-806 (1999).
Moch et al., American Journal of Pathology 154: 981-986 (1999).
Mucci et al., Human Pathology Vol. 31: No.4, 406-414 (2000)

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