Very Good Viability Stain

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Chemical/Biomedical Engineering
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Company:

Invitrogen

Product Name:

Live/Dead fixable blue cell stain kit

Catalog Number:

L23105

We broadly study the mechanisms responsible for establishing and maintaining immune cell tolerance

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Application

Viability dye for staining cells prior to fixation for flow cytometry and FACS

Starting Material

Primary cells from moues/human thymus and lymph nodes

Tips

Follow the manufacturer's staining protocol, it works well

Results Summary

Strong separation of live and dead cells, better signal to noise than other kits not designed to be fixable

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Summary

The Good

Very strong reliable signal

The Bad

As expensive as antibodies

The Bottom Line

An easy to use and reliable viability stain if you don't mind the expense

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