In addition, tissue antigens are retained which makes the fixative useful for immunostaining procedures.

Antibodies against specific tissue antigens can help to diagnose specific conditions.

Any cells generated from another individual have different proteins on their surface, called tissue antigens, that tag them as “foreign.

To create cells for use in regenerative medicine, scientists envision large-scale collections of stem cells with diverse characteristics and specific tissue antigens.

Since the cells carry the same tissue antigens as the patient, they are tagged as “self,” and immunologists believe these cells are accepted by the immune system.