Category Archives: Cancer Research

New! Optical Probe for Tumor Imaging – IRDye® 800CW YC-27

IRDye 800CW YC-27 (P/N 926-27000) is a near-infrared dye-labeled imaging agent specifically designed to target prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA), also known as folate hydrolase I or glutamate carboxypeptidase II. This small molecule can be used as an optical imaging … Continue reading

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In-Cell Western™ Webinar – Applications Review

For those of you that like to watch videos and listen to information, here is a great webinar on In-Cell Western Assays. In this webinar, the basics of ICW assays are covered and these applications: Cell proliferation assays RNAi knockdowns … Continue reading

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Normalize Protein Concentrations with Nucleic Acid Stains in In-Cell Western™ Assays

When performing the In-Cell Western assay, one fluorescence channel is often used for normalization. This allows quantification data for the protein of interest to be corrected for well-to-well variation in cell number, thereby increasing the overall accuracy of the assay. … Continue reading

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In-Cell Western™ Assay Application: Response of COS-7 Cells to Hydroxyurea

Application: Detecting phospho-p53 in COS cells in response to Hydroxyurea The response of COS-7 cells to increasing doses of hydroxyurea was measured by a specific antibody (Anti-phospho-p53 from Cell Signaling Technology, P/N 9286) that detects phosphorylated-p53 (Ser16). Total ERK1 was … Continue reading

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How Can You Use Quantitative Cell Signaling Analysis in Your Research? How About for IC50 Determinations?

In a previous post, I talked about how In-Cell Western™ assays could be used when studying apoptosis. So, you may be asking yourself, for what other applications can quantitative cell signaling analysis be used? GREAT QUESTION!! Well, in-Cell ELISAs (as … Continue reading

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Seeding Cells in Microplates for In-Cell Western™ Assays – Hints & Tips

One of the first steps in an In-Cell Western Assay experiment is to seed cells into the wells of a tissue culture microplate. Cell density is more important for some cell lines than others. In particular, cells that depend more … Continue reading

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Use Quantitative Cell Signaling to Study Apoptosis

AGAIN with the quantitative cell signaling! YES! because it is so versatile!! I am sure you will find that this will become a valuable technique to use in your research. This quantitative immunofluorescent assay – the one that we call … Continue reading

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Quantitative Cell Signaling Analysis – What’s all the Buzz About?

What’s all this BUZZZZ you are hearing about being able to quantitate cell signaling in plate-based assays? If you are at AACR in Chicago this week, stop by Booth 3800 (LI-COR® Biosciences) and we can tell you all about the … Continue reading

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Studying bone growth, changes, tumors? Try IRDye® BoneTag™ Optical Probes.

IRDye BoneTag optical imaging agents are tetracycline derivatives that incorporate into mineralizing bone. Structural imaging of bone can be used to more precisely localize an area of disease. A second disease-specific targeting agent with a spectrally-distinct fluorescent label can be … Continue reading

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Advantages of using PSVue® 794 for Imaging Apoptosis

PSVue® 794 is a near-infrared fluorescent probe for detection of apoptotic and necrotic cells, bacteria, and other anionic membranes. The compound exhibits fluorescence excitation maximum at 794nm and emission maximum at 810 nm and through its zinc(II)-dipicolylamine (Zn-DPA) moiety, it … Continue reading

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