Has anyone worked on exosome release?

What are the best methods to study the alterations in exosome release from a specific cell line following treatment with an agent? What if the intended agent changes the viability of the treated...

02 March 2018 1,348 8 View

Protocols for NK cytotoxicity and degranulation?

I need two detailed and reliable lab protocols one for assessing NK cytotoxicity and one for NK degranulation assay using flow cytometry. Is NK cytotoxicity done only in co-culture with K562 or...

01 February 2018 1,972 12 View

Experienced researchers familiar with flow cytometry?

Please take a look at the attached files: I am about to study 2 markers which appear in FL1 and FL2; In the unstain tube, I see 2 distinct populations one of which has weaker auto-fluorescence...

10 November 2017 6,464 7 View

What are novel adjuvants for tumor immunotherapy with the potential to be used in clinical trials?

I`m about to start my thesis on breast cancer immunotherapy which is designated to examine a nano particle-based vaccine for the delivery of tumor associated antigens to DCs in vivo. However, I...

08 September 2014 7,101 2 View

Why do the suitable voltages for my unstain and control differ completely from my treatment groups?

01 January 1970 6,051 20 View

Does Napabucasin soluble in dichloromethane and in ethanol?

I need to prepare a solution of Napabucasin (inhibitor of cancer cell stemness) in dichloromethane. The drug is expensive, so maybe somebody already tried to do it. If it is soluble, what is the...

02 March 2021 9,945 3 View

Could you please recommend some good journal that accept very long revie papers (approximately 6000+ words) in neurosurgery, cancer biology ?

Could you please recommend some good journal that accept very long revie papers (approximately 6000+ words) in neurosurgery, cancer biology ?

01 March 2021 8,087 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 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

Is it possible that Cancer cells could survive in heparinized blood for 48 hours?

Hi everyone, I am just wondering if we incubated 200 microliter of whole blood with 50 microliter of cancer cells(1bout 5000cells) do you think that cancer would survive for 48 hours?

23 February 2021 3,840 3 View

The PC12 cell line characteristics?

Hello dear scientists, Does the undifferentiated PC12 cell line in terms of chromosome characteristics, proliferation, and drug reactions have the characteristics of cancer cells? Where is it...

21 February 2021 8,945 3 View

What is the minimum number of exosomes/ml to have a good yield of total RNA for Illumina sequencing?

I am using IZON qEV2 columns to isolate exosomes from 100 ml of cancer cell conditioned medium. in NTA analysis I usually see concentration of 2x10^9 particles/ml. But when I proceed with this...

20 February 2021 6,879 3 View

Can the viability assays (ex: MTT/CCK-8) measure cell proliferation? or are they solely viability assays?

I want to conduct a proliferation assay to test a chemotherapy combination on a cancer cell line. At first, I thought about the MTT assay. But now, all sources are saying that these do not measure...

14 February 2021 3,142 7 View

Which Journals would you advise to submit a Letter which briefly talks about neurosurgical treatment of neuro-oncological patient during Sars-COV-2?

Possibily not an open access journal which does not add any publishing costs once being accepted. Thank you in advance

09 February 2021 717 6 View

How much should I centrifuge cells in agarose-coated plates to get spheroids?

Right now I am using HT29 cells, but I will also use HCT116 and probably breast cancer cell lines.

09 February 2021 2,063 6 View