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  2. Cresyl violet - Wikipedia

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    Cresyl violet stained partial brain section of a Macaque. It is used in biology and medicine as a histological stain. Cresyl violet is an effective and reliable stain used for light microscopy sections. Initially, tissue sections are "defatted" by passing through graded dilutions of ethanol. Then, rehydrated by passing back through decreasing ...

  3. Nissl body - Wikipedia

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    Photomicrograph of Nissl bodies (two are indicated by arrows) in the cytoplasm of motor neurons in the anterior horn of the spinal cord; cresyl violet stain (purple) along with a luxol fast blue stain for myelin. Scale bar = 30 microns (0.03mm). Drawing of a motor neuron from the ventral horn of the medulla spinals of a rabbit.

  4. Staining - Wikipedia

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    In vivo staining (also called vital staining or intravital staining) is the process of dyeing living tissues. By causing certain cells or structures to take on contrasting colours, their form or position within a cell or tissue can be readily seen and studied.

  5. Romanowsky stain - Wikipedia

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    Blood film stained with Giemsa showing Plasmodium (center of image), the parasite that causes malaria infections.. In 1891 Romanowsky [8] [9] [10] developed a stain using a mixture of eosin (typically eosin Y) and aged solutions of methylene blue that formed hues unattributable to the staining components alone: distinctive shades of purple in the chromatin of the cell nucleus and within ...

  6. Franz Nissl - Wikipedia

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    This is done by using various basic dyes (e.g. aniline, thionine, or cresyl violet) to stain the negatively charged RNA blue, and is used to highlight important structural features of neurons. The Nissl substance ( rough endoplasmic reticulum ) appears dark blue due to the staining of ribosomal RNA, giving the cytoplasm a mottled appearance.

  7. Pap Smears May No Longer Be Part of Your Gyno Visit

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    The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is looking to update its recommendations for screening for cervical cancer. The task force has introduced a recommendation that women over the age of 30 ...

  8. Amyloid plaques - Wikipedia

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    Amyloid plaques are visible with the light microscope using a variety of staining techniques, including silver stains, Congo red, Thioflavin, cresyl violet, PAS-reaction, and luminescent conjugated oligothiophenes (LCOs).

  9. Couple Accused of Faking 6-Year-Old Son's Cancer, Raising ...

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    The officer alleged that the couple had been requesting monetary donations through a GoFundMe page and word of mouth, to fund their 6-year-old son's medical treatment.