School of Medical Sciences

Histology services

Processing and embedding: The tissue samples are processed in an automatic processor and embedded in wax into a block.
Microtomy: The embedded tissue is cut on a microtome to the required thickness to enable you to stain the section on a glass slide.
Frozen sectioning: OCT embedded tissue is cut on a cryostat and sections are collected onto a slide enabling you to perform immunohistochemstry or special stains.
Routine histology staining: Haematoxylin and Eosin is a routine stain in histology
Special staining: Gram stain, Masson’s Trichrome stain, Elastic Van Gieson stain and many more stains can be performed in Histology.
Immunohistochemistry: This method analyses and identifies cell types based on binding of antibodies to the antigens and cell components in the tissue samples.

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TEM processing: This method enables you to process the tissue sample into an appropriate resin to enable you to create semi-thin or ultra-thin sections
Semi-thin ultramicrotomy: 1 micron thin sections can be cut on an ultramicrotome

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