Luciferase is the general term given to a class of oxidative enzymes that catalyze reactions that give off light, a process known as bio-luminescence (Fig. 1). In biology,
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How to activate or inhibit autophagy?
November 10, 2016
The term Autophagy was introduced by Christian de Duve during the Ciba Foundation Symposium on Lysosomes – which was held in London in February 1963. In 1974 he was honoured with the Nobel price in
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5 popular RayBio® ELISA kits for studying inflammation
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With more than 170,000 publications in 2016, inflammation remains a "hot" topic in today's Life Science research (source: Google Scholar). Interestingly, the ELISA test is still one of the most popular
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New - Continued use immunotherapy cell line expressing recombinant PD-1
February 03, 2017
PD-1/NFAT-Luciferase reporter jurkat cell line used to monitor the T cell response inhibition via PD-1 interacting with PD-L1/PD-L2
PD-1 / NFAT Reporter - Jurkat Cell Line
The PD-1 reporter cell line is
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Fluorescence microscopy: how to improve your Live Cell Imaging
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For more than 2 years now, the Silicon Rhodamine-like (SiR) technology has allowed the live cell imaging field with fluorescence microscopy to evolve significantly.
Fluorescent SiR-probes have appeared
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Stauprimide inhibits c-myc transcription in cancer cells
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Stauprimide is known to prime Embryonic Stem Cells (ESC) by targeting the c-Myc-activating transcription factor NME2. Its mechanism of action is linked to the inhibition of the nuclear localization of
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3D Cell culture: Innovative cell culture devices for more predictive 3D models
April 05, 2017
One of the biggest challenges as a researcher in life sciences, is to obtain proof of concept the more predictive as possible. To help you to reach your objectives, many innovative tools are being developed
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Sekisui XenoTech Awarded Cryopreservation Patent for Cryostax single freeze hepatocytes
May 12, 2017
Sekisui XenoTech has just been issued U.S. Patent No. 9,642,355 for the “cryopreservation of cells and subcellular fractions,” specifically related to Sekisui XenoTech’s CryostaX® test systems. This hepatocyte
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Human Islets for Research - Which factors affect their quality?
May 19, 2017
The islets of Langerhans are the regions of the pancreas that contain its endocrine (i.e., hormone-producing) cells. Discovered in 1869 by German pathological anatomist Paul Langerhans, the islets of Langerhans
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Microcell arrays - obtain more accurate data from single living cells
July 17, 2017
Understanding how mammalian cells function requires a dynamic perspective. Recent improvements in our abilities to perform fluorescence microscopy on primary cells, coupled with advances in pipelines