Surplus. It’s any lab manager’s or researcher’s favorite word when it comes to the year-end budget! With the events of 2020 closing many labs for large chunks of the year, you may have more of a surplus than usual. So what to do with those funds? One good investment is well characterized immune cells, which…
Monocytes and macrophages are very closely related cells with a few important distinctions and different use cases. Put simply, monocytes are macrophages in the blood; macrophages are monocytes in tissue. Understanding the Difference Monocytes are the largest type of white blood cells and play an important role in the adaptive immunity process. Monocytes typically…
Today we are announcing the latest in our line-up of disease-state PBMC products: Celiac Disease PBMC! Celiac Disease has become increasingly prevalent over the past decade, both in medical diagnosis and global awareness. An estimated 3 million Americans have Celiac Disease, although 80% are undiagnosed. The best “treatment” for people who have Celiac Disease or…
We have created several different T cell lines specific for tumor-associated antigens, and now have developed and validated a cell-mediated cytotoxicity assay to see if the tumor antigens are presented by tumor cells to the cytotoxic T cells. Using the IncuCyte® S3 to Image Co-Cultures and Observe Cell Killing In this assay, we used…
For some scientists, the difference between serum and plasma is just nomenclature. On more than once occasion we’ve had to ask customers, “Do you mean serum or do you mean plasma?” only to hear, “either one” or “aren’t they the same thing?” Let us clear up the confusion. Serum vs. Plasma: What’s the Difference?…