Polysciences, Inc. Announces New HOPE® Fixative Starter Kit

Nov. 10, 2008 - PRLog -- Warrington, PA - Polysciences, Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of the HOPE® Fixative Starter Kit. A new convenient kit that contains all the components necessary to provide improved morphology of cells and tissue in paraffin embedded blocks. One easy-to-use kit that helps you save time, without breaking the bank! The HOPE® Fixative Starter Kit contains: 10 transportation vials filled with 5 ml HOPE® I with protection vials, 1 x 1 ml HOPE® II and 200 grams of low melting point paraffin.

The HOPE® fixation technique does not completely denature or cross-link structural proteins, enzymes and nucleic acids in contrast to other fixation methods. HOPE® fixation technique also saves valuable time by eliminating the need to perform antigen unmasking before immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization targeting RNA and DNA, PCR and RT-PCR with properly prepared paraffin embedded tissue sections. Specimens fixed with the HOPE® technique allow greater morphology and retrospective studies on the molecular level. HOPE® is a registered trademark of DCS, Innovative Diagnostik Systeme, Germany. HOPE® is manufactured by DCS, Germany.

Visit www.polysciences.com to learn more about the HOPE® Fixative Starter Kit and Polysciences’ full line of histology and microscopy products for use in biosciences applications.

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Headquartered in Warrington, PA, Polysciences, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of laboratory supplies and specialty monomers/polymers for microscopy, histology, biotechnology, electronics and other industrial applications. Although Polysciences offers a full line of off-the-shelf products for the medical, life sciences and research community, its specialty is developing custom-synthesized polymers and monomers for customer-specific needs. Polysciences produces encapsulants and other specialty products for the electronics industry and is an FDA/cGMP facility for the manufacture and packaging of ultra-pure specialty products for the healthcare, pharmaceutical and personal care industries. Polysciences has a more than 40-year history of successful partnerships with industry in developing new materials for emerging applications. Polysciences maintains facilities in Warrington, PA and Eppelheim, Germany. As well as its wholly owned subsidiary Bangs Labs, Inc., located in Fishers, Indiana.