Re: Dead and live tissue

<< Previous Message | Next Message >>
From:Robert Schoonhoven <rschoonh@sph.unc.edu> (by way of Marvin Hanna)
To:histonet@histosearch.com
Reply-To:
Content-Type:text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Cynthia,

You have it reversed.  Trypan Blue will stain the dead cells the live
ones will not stain which is why it is reffered to (in the cell culture
arena) as the Trypan Blue Exclusion Test.

Cynthia Favara wrote:
>
> If I remember correctly Trypan Blue will stain only live cells.
> Cynthia Favara
> NIAID/RML/LPVD
> 903 South 4th Street
> Hamilton, MT 59840
> PH: 406-363-9317
> FAX: 406-363-9286

--
best regards,
Bob
Robert Schoonhoven
Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis
Dept. of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
University of North Carolina
CB#7400
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Phone
office 919-966-6343
   Lab 919-966-6140
   Fax 919-966-6123

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you
nothing; it was here first.
Mark Twain [Samuel Langhornne Clemens] (1835-1910)




<< Previous Message | Next Message >>