Abstract: Disclosed is a recipient block for arraying a certain tissue sample into a desired position on a tissue microarray slide, comprising(a) an additive and (b) a wax. The present invention also discloses a method of preparing a recipient block, including (1) preparing an aqueous solution of an additive; (2) pouring the aqueous solution of the additive into a mold and cooling the mold to gelate the aqueous solution of the additive; (3) dehydrating the resulting additive gel in alcohol; (4) immersing the dehydrated additive gel in an organic solvent to make the dehydrated additive gel transparent; (5) penetrating a wax into the transparent additive gel to provide a block; and (6) providing a plurality of cylindrical holes in the block.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of phospholipids of general formula (I) with the exclusive aid of phospholipase D from a phospholipid mixture and without using organic solvents, wherein phosphatidyl acid is produced in an aqueous, unbuffered phase with phospholipase D and at least one bivalent metal ion in a first step and at least one phospholipid of general formula (I) is produced from the phosphatidyl acid having at least one compound of general formula (II) R3—OH in a second step. Phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinosite and/or phosphatidylglycerine are obtained as products. In another embodiment of the invention, the PLD is identical or different in both steps of said method, wherein in the latter case the pH values for the first and second steps of the method are different, said values lying particularly between 6.5 and 8.0, especially between 5.0 and 7.5.