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Send your Writing!Russell Myers
Ph.D.
Russel Myers is Laboratory Director (R and D laboratory) at Leica Biosystems Richmond, IL, United States. He acquired his Ph.D. in endocrine physiology from the Medical College of Georgia. Russel Myers is responsible for design and development of reagents and consumables used in the histology laboratory.
Russell's Published Pieces
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Tutorials articleStaining protocols utilizing hematoxylin are the most commonly used of the routine staining procedures performed in the histology laboratory. This article is a review of the current state of understanding of the chemistry of aluminum based hematoxylin stains and the mechanism by which these…
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Tutorials articleThe value of immunohistochemistry (IHC) is due to the power of the procedure to recognize and localize specific proteins (markers) within a tissue specimen. By determining the presence or absence of specific markers within a tumor the pathologist is provided with clues that may be helpful…
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Tutorials articleSpecial 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. This article is intended as a basic review of the mechanisms of action of the most…