What is the best kit for measuring invasion in pancreatic cancer cells?

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Gregory Barshtein

I hope that following publication will be helpful

http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/34/7/3469.full

Ralf Ketterlinus

Hello Nancy, here is a short description of a label-free method to measure migration/invasion online: cell-migration.ols-bio.de/

In the US, the system is available from ACEA Biosciences: https://aceabio.com/applications/cell-invasion-and-migration/

They will be happy to assist you with your specific application.

Hope this helps, Ralf.

https://aceabio.com/applications/cell-invasion-and-migration/

https://cell-migration.ols-bio.de/