paraffin specimen FFPE specimen formalin-fixed paraffin-embeded specimen A specimen that has been fixed in formalin and embedded in paraffin. Many of today’s researchers prefer to use Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded samples of tissues for their IHC, histological or in-situ genomic analyses. Professionally fixed and embedded FFPE samples and the biomolecules they contain are reasonably stable at ambient temperatures. -based on https://lab-ally.com/histopathology-resources/ffpe-samples/ FFPE specimen https://www.biochain.com/general/what-is-ffpe-tissue/ MIABIS https://github.com/obi-ontology/obi/issues/1019 metadata complete