BD Biosciences’ Discovery Labware division said last week that it now offers fluorescent dyes for detecting live cells and functional activities in cell-based assays.
The fluorescent dyes, calcein acetooxymethylester and DilC12(3), can be used with BD Falcon FluoroBlok cell culture inserts and insert systems to label cells for performing analyzes such as tumor cell invasion, endothelial cell migration, endothelial cell tubulogenesis, and other cell-based assays. BD said that the dyes can also be used to pre- and post-label viable cells for kinetic and endpoint experiments, and that they exhibit low toxicity.