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In vitro drug screening on cancer cells using the Spark Cyto imaging cytometer
11 Jul 2023Cell-based in vitro assays represent essential tools for evaluating cytostatic and cytotoxic effects in drug screening projects. Explore the advantages of combining the bright field (BF) and fluorescence-based object identification algorithms of the Spark® Cyto reader with a commercially available highly sensitive viability and toxicity assay. Tecan also discusses relevant considerations when establishing such a cell-based assay.
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Spark® Cyto
TecanSpark Cyto is the first live cell plate reader to detect biological, chemical or physical events – capturing the maximum amount of data possible from each plate well, at the same time and under the same conditions.
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