Hi, I have been following these protocols for giemsa banding of blood-derived human chromosomes and I am still not getting distinct identifiable bands with all the trials.
1. 0.25% trypsin, incubated for 10seconds, 20s, 30s,40s,50s,60s. Then washed in chilled PBS and then added to giemsa containing coplin jar for 50 mins. After which washed in running tap water and dried and then viewed under microscope.
2. Same but with 0.025% trypsin
3. Same (0.25% trypsin) but stained with Giemsa-citric solution(Giemsa stain: for 100 ml: dH2O= 94 ml, Giemsa 3 ml, citric acid 3 ml, adjust pH to 6.8)
4. Washing the aged slides in 0.9% NaCl and then adding 0.25% trypsin and incubating for 30s, staining, washing, drying and viewing.
None of them gave us clear and distinct banding in chromosome.
Can someone who has experience in karyotyping share their G-banding protocol, please? I have also attached photos of the g-banded chromosomes we got. The camera we have attached to the microscope is not that good but I think the issue lies in our protocol.