Health promotion and disease prevention are two powerful benefits of spending time in the great outdoors. In some countries including … Continue reading “Lyme Disease – An Unhealthy Consequence of Outdoor Activity”
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Read MoreSince the word ‘tissue’ was defined in the late 1700s by Marie Francois Bichat, the father of histology, the advances … Continue reading “From Body to Block – A Brief History of Tissue Processing”
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Read MoreTo the histologist, formaldehyde is undeniably the gold standard in tissue preservation, forming cross-links with proteins and converting sols to gels. … Continue reading “All You Need To Know About Formaldehyde”
Read MoreImagine the year is 1665 and you are in a pathology laboratory somewhere in London. You are sitting at a … Continue reading “Histology & The Human Plague”
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