Abstract:Paraffin has been the most traditional embedding medium used in histological techniques, however it can cause several technical artifacts. On the other hand, the use of plastic resins gives a more consistent and precise support to the tissues, allowing a better perfection of the histological sections. Thus, in an attempt to retrieve samples previously embedded in paraffin, we have described this new protocol which allows the material to be deparaffinized and re‐embedded into historesin (glycol methacrylate). P… Show more
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