Citations : Accurate non-invasive image-based cytotoxicity assays for cultured cells

Dated: Jun 17, 2010

Publication Name: BMC Biotechnology

High-throughput screening methods for toxicology evaluation in the early phases of drug discovery are highly desired. In the early 1980´s a novel assay for cell survival determination was reported [1], which has been frequently used to study the biological activity of a variety of potential cytostatic drugs. The assay was presented as a rapid, precise and simple method to detect living cells in mammalian cell cultures, using the tetrazolium salt MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide) and a microtiter plate reader.

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Contributors: Patricia Marqués-Gallego, Hans den Dulk, Claude Backendorf, Jaap Brouwer, Jan Reedijk & Julian F Burke