Lankenau Institute for Medical Research


CellCountEZ: Rapid Assay to Measure Eukaryotic Cell Growth and Viability

Assays to measure cell growth and survival assays used in the laboratory have many widely known practical and technical limitations, including non-linearity, high background and cumbersome protocols. In particular, commonly used assays using tetrazolium salts to generate a colored product lack sensitivity and accuracy due to reliance on mitochondrial bioreduction and other factors. The market […]

ThiOx Test: Rapid assay to measure thiol antioxidant capacity in cells and tissues

LIMR researchers have developed a fast, accurate and inexpensive assay, the ThiOX test, that measures the overall thiol redox status of any biological specimen. ThiOX addresses the need for a rapid test to monitor thiol oxidative stress in live cells and tissues.  The stability of free thiol groups and disulfide bonds (dithiols) in proteins is […]