摘要 |
A technique for dyeing biological samples with dyes that are relatively insoluble in water or with combinations of dyes which are incompatible. The technique involves forming an emulsion of an immiscible solvent as the dispersed phase in water. The solvent can contain a very high concentration of a dye which is relatively insoluble in water, therefore constituting a reservoir for the diffusion of dye from the high concentration dispersed phase, through the water to the staining sites. In another aspect of the invention, one or more dispersed phases of dyes in immiscible solvents suspended in water provides a dye system for using a plurality of dyes which normally one would avoid mixing because they are incompatible. Additionally, another dyestuff can be dissolved in the water phase of the emulsion. |