The correct knife angle is the subject of much misunderstanding, misleading experience, and incorrect information passed between microtomists, but in fact can be logically derived.
Special stains that are used for the evaluation of mucins, mucin-like molecules and other carbohydrate containing macromolecules remain in demand and are utilized frequently in the histology laboratory.
FXIIIa is a blood and intracellularly produced coagulation factor, which is widely expressed in variety of cell types. It is believed to be vital in the final stages of the clotting cascade and is also important in wound healing and repair mechanisms.
