Talk:Staining

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[edit] Rearrangement and refactoring

I'm thinking that trying to divide biological or histological stains up into in vivo and in vitro articles isn't working. I'm planning on merging in vivo staining and in vitro staining into one article in the next few days, unless someone has any serious objections. At the same time, I would move the merged article to the title Stain (biology) and relink the redirects appropriately.

I'll also attack some housekeeping tasks, including adding information for some of the other stains listed on this page (many of which are not in vivo stains, by the way).

Finally, I'll add a section on fluorescent stains, since these play a very important role in modern cell biology.

Any comments? Thoughts? Suggestions as to why this might be an ill-advised venture? --TenOfAllTrades | Talk 21:19, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Great idea. Go for it! - Marshman 03:27, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Wow--there's a weird coincidence. I just moved the page, and was fixing redirects when I saw your comment. Glad you approve. :) --TenOfAllTrades | Talk 03:36, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 'Staining dye' redirect. . .

Hi all, a few moths ago someone created the article Staining dye. It was one sentence and so I redirected here. R. Baley (talk) 00:46, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Collagen stains yellow?

Does Safranin O really stain collagen yellow? The stains file says it stains cartilage yellow but cartilage is a lot more than just collagen. Most of the literature I've been reading has Safranin O staining the glycosaminoglycans orange/red (and you find loads of them in cartilage). Is this a case of mistaken identity? 163.1.181.208 (talk) 22:24, 11 February 2008 (UTC)