Easy Kit for for Dead Cell Staining

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Immunology
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Company:

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Product Name:

LIVE/DEAD™ Fixable Green Dead Cell Stain Kit, for 488 nm excitation

Catalog Number:

L34975

Our group's experiment are heavily based on cellular assays. Thus, a live/dead staining is required in all of our setups.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Application

Flow cytometry

Starting Material

Cell lines / Primary cells

Tips

Our working solution is 1:1000 in PBS. In our FACs panels, we dilute the staining antibodies in the diluted L/D and incubate for ~15min.

Results Summary

U266 cells were stained with the live/dead kit. A clear separation of the populations can be observed.

DOI or PMID #

N/A

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Summary

The Good

Easy to use, works well.

The Bad

A bit expensive.

The Bottom Line

The kit works well and is reliable between batches. The staining requires low amounts of the regent and the incubation times are short.

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