A simple and rapid technique for pre-embedding scarce biological specimens for Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is reported. It is based on pre-embedding biological samples in bovine serum albumin (BSA) and bis-acrylamide (BA), cross-linked and polymerized with paraformaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, ammonium persulfate and Temed. Pre-embedding in BSA and BA offers several advantages over traditional pre-embedding techniques for TEM including the ability to visualize the sample and a more resistant matrix. This results in more reproducible and consistent analysis. It can be applied to tissues, cells, and subcellular structures handled as pellets or suspensions. In addition, use of the pre-embedding matrix for light microscopy is reported. The ability to pre-embed scarce biological specimens efficiently and reproducibly provides a valuable way to study and characterize cytological tissues such as biopsies or cystic and amniotic fluid cells.
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