EarlyTox™ Cardiotoxicity Kit, a novel calcium sensitive fluorescent dye for assessment of compound effects upon iPSC derived cardiomyocytes using the FLIPR® Tetra System
8 Oct 2013This poster describes the use of the new EarlyTox™ Cardiotoxicity Kit for improved assay performance with iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes. The dye has minimal non-specific toxicity, provides a larger signal window, and is more suitable for longer term studies than other dyes. Characterization was done with a FLIPR® Tetra System and data generated on the SpectraMax® i3 Multi-Mode Microplate Platform.
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