Cell Health Assays
You've chosen your cell model and determined the optimal culture conditions. Now you're ready to set up your experiments and acquire data!
Choosing a Cell-Based Assay
There are many ways to assess the state of cell health under a variety of conditions. What assays will get you the data you need?
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Choosing a Cell-Based Assay
Here are some questions to consider as you decide which cell health assay best fits your experimental needs.
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Ask the Experts
In this live recorded Q&A session, hear two cell health experts share their tips, resources and answers to common assay questions.
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What Would You Do With More Data From One Sample?
Learn how real-time assays conserve your cells and resources while collecting a breadth of data.
Multiplex Data
There are many complex biological processes happening at once within a cell. For a more complete picture of cell health, consider multiplexing your assays to analyze more than one biomarker at a time.
Cell Viability
To monitor cell health, you need to ensure that your cultured cells are alive. Cell viability assays provide this basic data to support your specific research goals.
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The "Go-To" Assay
Read about how cell viability assays provide the basis for research applications in drug discovery, immunotherapy cancer research, and more.
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Choosing a Cell Viability Assay
Gain understanding on how the variety of cell viability assays work so you can choose the best assay for your model system.
Cytotoxicity
Why are my cells dying? Is the dose of this drug toxic? Sometimes, information about cell death is more valuable than cell viability data.
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Drug Screening in 3D
Read more about a researcher who is using a 3D model of liver tissue and cytotoxicity assays to determine drug safety.
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How and Why Cells Die
A real-time cytotoxicity assay offers a complete snapshot over multiple time points of how cells respond to a treatment, revealing when cells might die.
Apoptosis
Cell death is not a one-process-fits-all event. It's important to differentiate between apoptosis and other mechanisms.
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Detecting Apoptosis
There are a variety of methods to detect apoptosis in your cells. Explore these methods and discover which works best for your research interests.
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Cell Death in Real Time
To differentiate between apoptosis and secondary necrosis, learn how to use real-time technology to monitor both luminescence and fluorescence in a single sample.