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What is the formally correct term for mouse E13.5—is it "embryo" or "fetus"? At what stage of the development should the two terms be specifically used?
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I am running MCF10a cell culture-based western blots. I got double bands in 8-16% tris-glycine gels, but this did not happen in 3-8% tris-acetate gels. I was getting clear single bands with the...
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I am working on MCF10a cells. I started my culture by thawing a fresh vial of cells purchase in the month of February, 2024. I am culturing them in DMEM/F12 media supplemented with horse serum,...
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Is there a method to introduce skin fibroblasts into a cancer mouse model? What are the models that may be used for this process?
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Hi I'm planning to use SBB staining for some of my paraffin sections. We have seen unstained areas along the tissue sections in H&E stained sections and also while staining for the mucus...
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Hello I'm working on vitamin D studies in mice. I want to keep the mice in vitamin D deficient conditions, so I will feed them vitamin D deficient diet and keep a group completely in dark...
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I'm culturing micro algae strains and need to monitor the growth. We are trying to do a comparison of the different methods to obtain cell count. The use of absorbance to determine cell count is...
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Hi all I'm currently working with THLE2 cells. It's mentioned in the ATCC product sheet that the cells should be cultured on pre-coated (fibronectin, collagen and BSA) flasks. Will it affect the...
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I have to fix the hepatocytes that has been cultured in 3D environment. i.e. matrigel and collagen. We have cultured the cells in 96-well plates. So after sample introduction, we want to fix the...
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I'm preparing the samples for my experiment for TEM. I did the resin embedding step. After adding the pure resin I centrifuged the cells at 1,500 rpm 5 minutes but could't pellet it well. The...
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I want to do the TEM for HeLa cells. I need a good protocol for preparation of the samples for TEM. i.e. in the pelleted form as well as on the petridish as a monolayer. Could somebody help?
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