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Describe how cell activity affects the appearance of hematoxylin-eosin (H&E)

stained sections.

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Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) is the most widely used stain in histology and allows localization of nuclei and extracellular proteins. Hematoxylin, not a dye itself, produces the blue Hematin via an oxidation reaction with nuclear histones causing nuclei to show blue.

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