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Life in the Lab—Spring 2018
Technology propelling breakthroughs
Technology is a vital part of everyday life—inside and outside of the lab. Read stories from your colleagues, tips and tricks, and scientainment about using technology to benefit your life in the lab.
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Impacting the Nature of Cancer Research
From machine learning predictions to personalized cell-based therapeutics—technologies propel cancer research.
Hope and Remission in CAR T Cell Therapy
Read about Nicole Gularte's battle against acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and the hope she found with CAR T cell therapy.
Detection of Tumor Markers—IHC Solutions
Learn about immunohistochemistry solutions for tumor detection using superior, validated antibodies.
From Gene Panels to Transcriptomes—NGS Solutions with One System?
Our latest NGS systems provide the versatility and scalability to handle multiple applications on a single platform.
Transfection tips for cancer cells
What did the comedian and the cancer researcher have in common? They both needed help with their delivery. Here are three tips and tricks to help improve transfection of cancer cells.
Decreasing the serum content of the culture medium (to <10%) at the time of transfection is acceptable, but replace with complete growth medium within 4–24 hr posttransfection.
Antibiotics can be used during transfection.
Prior to flow cytometry, visualize cells under a brightfield microscope to verify dissociation following incubation with Gibco TrypLE reagent.
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