Why anti-CD20 or other antibodies are not used to label target cells in flow cytometry t-cell cytotoxicity assay?

New to the field of cell therapy. Why fluorescent-labeled antibodies to target cell antigens are not used for determining target cell count by flow cytometry in cytotoxicity assay (eg car-t)? Cell...

21 February 2021 3,278 3 View

How to efficiently precipitate platinum(IV) prodrugs from DMSO?

I am working with platinum(IV) prodrugs. Most of the synthetic procedures states that after most of DMSO is removed the residue should be treated with methanol and ether, giving the desired...

12 July 2020 1,577 3 View

What scale would you recommend to measure patient satisfaction with using innovative service?

I'm looking for a validated measurement tool, which could be used to assess clients' satisfaction with using an innovative service. Targeted user group - patients with mental health disorders.

04 June 2019 3,442 4 View

What kinds of lateral grain distributions exist?

We're now preparing an article about MRI contrasting by magnetitenanoparticles and I'm puzzled, what kind of grain statistic can be usedto describe non-uniformity of lateral particle distribution....

10 September 2016 2,081 1 View

Where can I get this work: Dirichlet P.G.L. Abh. der Koniglich. Preus. Acad. der Wiss. , 1850?

14 April 2016 8,026 3 View

Can I seed H295R cells one cell in one well in a 96-well plate?

I am afraid that 1 cell alone would survive very difficult. Any recommendations?Should I use a medium rich in growth factors? To use a mix of old and new mediums? eg 50% of old medium and 50% of...

25 March 2015 792 3 View

What is the nonlinear refractive index of polycarbonate?

When calculating the critical power of self-focusing is requaired nonlinear refractive index, but my search didn't lead to success. Is there any information about it value?

03 December 2014 7,946 6 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

Issues with Permeabilization during Flow Cytometry?

Hello Everyone. Currently I am working to characterize macrophages in the myocardium after ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Due to the low total cell number isolated from rat hearts I can...

01 March 2021 3,867 3 View

Which cell line should we use to perform biological dosimetry experiments?

We are preparing some experiments based on irradiating cells under different conditions in order to evaluate the effects in terms of DNA damage, genetic expression, etc. As our project is...

01 March 2021 3,355 3 View

IHC on mouse liver hepatocytes?

Can anyone help me choose primary antibodies for mouse liver hepatocytes and also in conjunction Cd8 cells. Also Cd3 cells. I want to look at hepatocytes and adjacent immune cells in mice with...

01 March 2021 6,953 1 View

Is it possible for two human neuronal cell lines to have different gene sequence for the same protein?

I am looking at the ATP1A2 (Sodium/Potassium ATPase alpha subunit 2) in two human neuronal cell lines. Expression levels of this protein seems to be almost equal when detected by one antibody....

01 March 2021 3,607 3 View

Is CD44 degraded in lysosome together with hyaluronan after CD44 mediated endocytosis of hyaluronic acid?

Also when RHAMM binds hyaluronic acid, they get internalized, will RHAMM also be degraded? Or both CD44 and RHAMM will be transferred back to the cell membrane? Asking for breast cancer cell line...

01 March 2021 8,169 2 View

Do you need the CMV enhancer before the CMV promotor for a proper function of CMV on the gene that follows?

I'm a student and I have to produce a cell line with a knockin for the NRF2 gene with GFP. I have to put a promotor in front of the GFP because the gene will be too far away from the promotor of...

28 February 2021 7,127 2 View

What could be some reasons why unstimulated monocytes are getting activated?

Im doing PBMC isolation -> CD14+ enrichment using magnetic beads -> stimulation setup. My negative control is just cells in cRPMI but they seem to get activated over and over again.

28 February 2021 7,883 3 View

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Has anyone had luck using cell lines other than HEK 293 (such as COS1) to package lentivirus?

I am looking to package lentivirus in endothelial cells but I am opposed to using 293 cells due to personal ethics regarding the source. I have done some reading and saw that COS1, COS7, & CHO...

25 February 2021 3,030 1 View