Precisionary Instruments Enhances Geriatric Brain Diseases Studies with Superior Compresstome Tiss

GREENVILLE, N.C. - June 20, 2016 - PRLog -- Precisionary Instruments, a world leader in tissue sectioning technology has shown that its patented VF-300 Compresstome™ tissue slicers enable researchers to section mature animal brains that were previously difficult to slice.

The sectioning of brain tissues for electrophysiology studies has always been very challenging because the softness of neural tissue is problematic when one needs to section slices almost as thin as a single strand of hair. Slicing brains from mature animals proves even harder because older animal brains contain more myelin, a tough fibrous material that prevents stability during the cutting process.

Because it is difficult to cut through myelin with traditional Vibratomes and other tissue slicers, most of the brain disease models were built on studies on young rodents.  This use of younger animals causes many issues for geriatric disease studies where advanced age is an important factor for interpreting research results.

"The Compresstome™, with its patented tissue compression technology, changes all of this and allows researchers to easily obtain tissue slices from 18-24 month old rats, the equivalent of 80-90 in human years," says Dr. Jian-Qiang Kong, President & Founder of Precisionary Instruments.

Scientists have been able to use the Compresstome to section older rodents, allowing them to build better animal models for geriatric diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, and many more neurological disorders.

Adidtional information on the Compresstome™ VF-300 can be found at

http://www.precisionary.com/vf300

and on its application for sectioning mature animals can be viewed at

http://www.precisionary.com/mature-animals