paraformaldehyde
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noun
Etymology
Origin of paraformaldehyde
First recorded in 1930–35; para- 1 + formaldehyde
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Four days later the cultivated embryos were preserved in paraformaldehyde and shipped back to Earth, where a team led by molecular biologist Teruhiko Wakayama of the University of Yamanashi studied the results.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2023
The number of cells that test positive for DCX in brain tissue declines sharply after just 48 hours in a paraformaldehyde bath, Llorens-Martín and her colleagues report today in Nature Medicine.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 25, 2019
Over time, paraformaldehyde forms bonds between the components that make up neurons, turning the cells into a gel, says neuroscientist María Llorens-Martín of the Severo Ochoa Molecular Biology Center in Madrid.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 25, 2019
Embryos and cells were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde in PBS for 1 h and overnight, respectively, at 4 °C and immunofluorescently analysed as described previously2.
From Nature ● Sep. 19, 2017
In addition to formaldehyde, paraformaldehyde, trioxymethylene, methylal, hexamethylene-tetramine, and other substances containing a reactive methylene group, as well as acetaldehyde, benzaldehyde and other aldehydes may be employed to induce reaction.
From Synthetic Tannins by Georg Grasser
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