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Viability Assays for Cells in Culture
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Viability Assays for Cells in Culture

Viability Assays for Cells in Culture

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January 20, 2014

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12:03 min
January 20, 2014

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Therapeutic compounds are often first examined in vitro with viability assays. Blind cell counts by a human observer can be highly sensitive to small changes in cell number but do not assess function. Computerized viability assays, as described here, can assess both structure and function in an objective manner.

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