Farage In Vitro Colony Formation Assay (Cell Proliferation)
CAT#: ITS-0123-YF3909
Target Cell Organism: Human
Target Cell Name: Farage
Assay Type: Cell Viability/Cytotoxicity and Antiproliferative Assays
Assay Overview
This assay is to provide Farage-based In Vitro Colony Formation Assay (Cell Proliferation) to accelerate our client's oncology projects. The assay will be customized according to the specific requirements. Please contact our scientists to discuss more details.
Target Cell Name
Farage
Target Cell Organism
Human
Target Cell Background
The Farage cell line was adapted to culture in 1990 from a lymph node biopsy of a patient with diffuse large cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (DLCL).
Related Diseases
Lymphoma
Research Area
Oncology
Assay Name
In Vitro Colony Formation Assay (Cell Proliferation)
Assay Description
Colony formation assay is one of the widely used assays based on the ability of cancer cells to form into colonies. This assay is useful to determine the effects of a drug or external stimuli such as radiation on clonogenic growth of cancer cells. This can be easily carried out for any type of cancer cells grown as a monolayer or as non-adherent cells. Before starting cell seeding, all the cells to be plated must be properly detached to avoid colonies at the starting point. A colony must contain a minimum of 50 cells and formed colonies are counted after staining with a suitable dye such as trypan blue. A microscope is usually used to visualize cell colonies and counting is normally carried out manually.
Assay Type
Cell Viability/Cytotoxicity and Antiproliferative Assays
Assay Type Details
Uncontrolled proliferation is one of the main features of cancer cells. Cell-based in vitro assays are employed to determine whether test molecules possess direct cytotoxic/antiproliferative effects in cancer cells.