Tissue microarray mold kits

Tissue Microarrays are paraffin blocks made by extracting cylindrical tissue cores from different paraffin donor blocks and re-embedding these into a single recipient microarray block at defined array coordinates.

Features:

• Seven patterns available offering 15 to 170 cores
• Molds made of silicone for mulitple use without losing flexibility
• Molds able to withstand temperatures between -100° C to +250°C
• View many different samples on one slide

Using this technique, up to 170 tissue samples can be arrayed into a single paraffin block. Cores sizes vary from 1mm to 4mm. Each microarray block can be cut into 100 to 500 sections. These sections can then be stained by standard histologic procedures or used in immunochemistry and in situ hybridisation.

Applications
Cancer/tumor research
Drug discovery
Tissue bank
Characterization of antibiotics
Tissue specific expression profiling of proteins and genes
Analysis of molecular targets

Each kit includes: 1 x Tissue Microarray Mould and 4 x Miltex Tissue Punches