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Purity test

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Peter Hosking - Living Cell Technologies

It’s a purity test where we try to determine the amount of insulin-producing cells, and so essentially we use a DTZ stain, which stains those cells sort of a red colour.

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Rights: Living Cell Technologies Ltd
Published: 18 November 2011
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