3D Histech TMA Grand Master 2.0 User Manual

TMA Grand Master 2.0 – User’s Guide Terms and abbreviations
Terms and abbreviations
Digital slide / Slide Slide digitized with a scanner microscope, for example Pannoramic SCAN. Consists of an
MRXS file and a folder with the same name as the MRXS file.
Donor block The donor block is a standard tissue block that may be from surgical pathology, autopsy,
or research material.
Recipient block The tissue cores are removed from the donor and inserted into a “recipient” paraffin
block.
Clone Block A duplicate (triplicate, quadruplicate, etc.) of a recipient block with identical layout and
core order.
TMA Tissue microarrays – The tissue microarray consists of an array of cylindrical cores of
paraffin-embedded tissue that are removed from preexisting “donor” paraffin blocks.
PCR Polymerase Chain Reaction, a biochemical technology used for a variety of applications,
but the primary aim of the method is to exponentially amplify particular DNA sequences.
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3D Histech TMA Grand Master 2.0 Specifications

General

Brand	3D Histech
Model	TMA Grand Master 2.0
Category	Laboratory Equipment
Language	English