Fixable Live Dead Stains

Pathology
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Postdoctoral Fellow

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Company:

Life Technologies

Product Name:

LIVE/DEAD Fixable Near-IR Dead Cell Stain Kit

Catalog Number:

L10119

This kit is used with a red laser flow cytometer. The benefits of using this kit are that you can fix cells after staining (unlike most other dyes) and the fluorescence is quite robust.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Applications

Flow Cytometry

Sample

Lymphocytes

Primary Incubation

1:1000 in PBS for 30 minutes

Blocking Agent

FcR block

Secondary Incubation

NA

Tertiary Incubation

NA

Detection

Near IR fluorescence channel on flow cytometry

Results Summary

The stain shows a bright signal, even after the cells were fixed and stored for several days before analysis. The separation between live and dead cells is quite evident.

Additional Notes

None

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Summary

The Good

Bright stain

The Bad

Fluorecence bleeds into other channels

The Bottom Line

Great antibody for larger preps or intracellular stains where samples need to be fixed.

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