No attempt has been made to find whether the entire amount of shrinkage is brought about by alcohols and clearing oils, or whether fixatives are also responsible to a certain extent. Medawar has ...

A group of scientists from Russia and Ireland found out how quality of tissue-engineered biomeshes (biological "frame" which is used for tissue repair) is affected by various chemical fixatives ...

At right is a section of mouse spleen damaged by rough handling. Many of the cells are distorted beyond recognition. There are many fixatives and many considerations in their use. For routine paraffin ...