• A vital stain in a casual usage may mean a stain that can be applied on living cells without killing them. Vital stains have been useful for diagnostic...
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    domain structures of block copolymers. In vivo staining (also called vital staining or intravital staining) is the process of dyeing living tissues. By...
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    term "vital stain" is used by some authors to refer specifically to an intravital stain, and by others interchangeably with a supravital stain, the core...
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    Dye (section Vital dyes)
    the term "vital staining" means the polar opposite of "supravital staining." If living cells absorb the stain during supravital staining, they exclude...
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  • of specialised cells that effectively clear colloidal vital stains (so called because they stain living cells) from the blood circulation. The term is...
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    Methylene blue (category Vital stains)
    (oxygen) and can be fixed by immersion of the stained specimen in an aqueous solution of ammonium molybdate. Vital methylene blue was formerly much used for...
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  • essential to an individual's life Vital signs, medical signs that indicate life-sustaining bodily functions Vital stain, a stain that can be applied on living...
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    Neutral red (category Vital stains)
    differentiate bacteria for lactose fermentation. Neutral red can be used as a vital stain. The Neutral Red Cytotoxicity Assay was first developed by Ellen Borenfreund...
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  • Trypan blue (category Vital stains)
    is a direct dye for cotton textiles. In biosciences, it is used as a vital stain to selectively colour dead tissues or cells blue. Live cells or tissues...
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    Janus Green B (category Staining dyes)
    Janus Green B is a basic dye and vital stain used in histology. It is also used to stain mitochondria supravitally, as was introduced by Leonor Michaelis...
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