"Formaldehyde" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A highly reactive aldehyde gas formed by oxidation or incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons. In solution, it has a wide range of uses: in the manufacture of resins and textiles, as a disinfectant, and as a laboratory fixative or preservative. Formaldehyde solution (formalin) is considered a hazardous compound, and its vapor toxic. (From Reynolds, Martindale The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p717)
| Descriptor ID |
D005557
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.047.407
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Formaldehyde" by people in Profiles.
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Reliable RNA-seq analysis from FFPE specimens as a means to accelerate cancer-related health disparities research. PLoS One. 2025; 20(4):e0321631.
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Comparison of Culture With Antibiogram to Next-Generation Sequencing Using Bacterial Isolates and Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Gastric Biopsies. Gastroenterology. 2021 11; 161(5):1433-1442.e2.
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Formalin tissue fixation biases myelin-sensitive MRI. Magn Reson Med. 2019 10; 82(4):1504-1517.
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Using formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue to characterize the preterm gut microbiota in necrotising enterocolitis and spontaneous isolated perforation using marginal and diseased tissue. BMC Microbiol. 2019 03 04; 19(1):52.
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Incorporation of Cervista Human Papillomavirus 16/18 Assay Into Algorithms for Classifying Human Papillomavirus Status in Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Head and Neck Squamous Carcinoma Specimens. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2019 03; 143(3):356-361.
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Systematic evaluation of RNA quality, microarray data reliability and pathway analysis in fresh, fresh frozen and formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue samples. Sci Rep. 2018 04 20; 8(1):6351.
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Quick Detection of DNase II-Type Breaks in Formalin-Fixed Tissue Sections. Methods Mol Biol. 2017; 1644:113-119.
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Formaldehyde scavengers function as novel antigen retrieval agents. Sci Rep. 2015 Nov 27; 5:17322.
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Clinical next-generation sequencing in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Cancer. 2015 Feb 15; 121(4):631-9.
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Molecular characterization of gallbladder cancer using somatic mutation profiling. Hum Pathol. 2014 Apr; 45(4):701-8.