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Subject: Old Parformaldehyde
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I have read the warnings to only use "fresh" parformaldehyde for fixation,
but I
don't recall ever hearing why.
Could someone explain the sorts of artifacts that old paraformaldehyde will
introduce? And what exactly IS old?
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