CCK-8 (Cell Counting Kit-8) is a colorimetric cell-viability assay system based on the water-soluble tetrazolium salt WST-8. It is widely used for cell proliferation, cytotoxicity, and drug-sensitivity evaluation.
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Cell Proliferation
Techniques for detecting, quantifying and localizing antigens and antibodies — ELISA, Western blotting, immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry. Below are the protocols, FAQs and technical articles in our knowledge base tagged with this topic.
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Cell proliferation is one of the fundamental processes underlying organismal growth, development, reproduction, and heredity, and it is also a core step in cell fate regulation and the onset and progression of diseases. In in-vitro culture systems or at the tissue level, accurately evaluating ...
MTT colorimetry is a detection method based on cell metabolic activity. It is widely used in cell biology and pharmacology research to evaluate cell proliferation, cell activity, cytotoxicity, and drug screening.
BrdU (bromodeoxyuridine or 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine) is an analog of the nucleoside thymidine used in the BrdU assay to identify proliferating cells.
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Techniques often explored alongside immunological experiments.