How can we isolate, characterise and maintain cancer stem cells from lung cancer cells lines?

From A549 and H1299 cells, After isolation which media can be used to maintain cancer stem cells?

02 March 2018 3,131 7 View

How much old protein lysates can be used for western blotting?

Stored at -20 or -80 degrees.

09 October 2016 7,198 3 View

Debris in cell culture ?

I am observing black dots or debris kind of stuff into culture dishes, fresh media, fresh cell revived but the problem persists. This does not make the media turbid but. This debris is less on the...

09 October 2016 6,224 10 View

There are different ROS which are produced in cultured cells, DCFDA and DHE both stains and detect these ROS, What are the differences?

How DHE and DCFDA detects ROS differently?

09 October 2016 4,498 4 View

How the concentration of CO2 may effect the growth of cultured cells?

How important Co2 concentration is for cultured cells

09 October 2016 3,274 1 View

Can we use Caco 2 cells as normal cells for toxicity testing of a chemical?

We don not have normal cells, can we use Caco 2 cells instead

08 September 2016 2,886 4 View

In which cancer, conventional chemotherapy is least beneficial?

With respect to Organs

08 September 2016 8,001 0 View

What are the best time points to study epigenetic regulation?

For proteins such as HDACs and DNMSts

06 July 2016 9,477 2 View

How can I induce inflammation in gastric cancer cells using LPS?

Please tell which LPS (strain of E.coli) would give best results. Time of induction? what about starvation condition ? I tried with 100ng/ml to 4 ug/ml but could'nt get COX 2 or cCaspase 1?

05 June 2015 1,451 3 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

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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28 February 2021 9,936 2 View

When is it unnecessary to change organisational culture?

As a former management practitioner, I recall a generally accepted view that changing organisational culture is difficult, so you should only attempt it if the organisational change that you are...

27 February 2021 2,595 8 View

Does RNAiMAX transfection reagent work in serum free medium?

I diluted siRNA and RNAiMAX in opti-MEM and added to the cells which they were in the growth medium. Is it a right way? or should I culture cells in the opti-MEM medium for a while and not in...

26 February 2021 10,041 3 View