Trevigen announces the release of Four New Assay Kits for 3-D Cell Proliferation
Trevigen introduces four new 3-D cell proliferation kits, including a core kit and three different kits containing basement membrane extract, laminin I, and collagen I.


    /Maryland News Articles/ - GAITHERSBURG, MD, June 06, 2008 - Many scientists are converting from growing cells in a traditional 2-D Monolayer on plastic surfaces with tissue culture medium to â œ3-Dâ � Culture. In 3-D Culture, cells are grown in a microenvironment of specialized proteins which mimics in vivo conditions and allows the cells to organize into complex structures rather than uniform monolayers. Various types of cells require different specialized proteins for optimal growth conditions and these extracellular matrices can play an important role in modulating cellular response to pharmacological compounds. For these reasons, conversion to 3-D culture with different matrices is highly desirable, but until now there has not been a practical way to evaluate cell proliferation from 3-D cultures.

Trevigen has an innovative solution with the introduction of four new 3-D cell proliferation kits including a core kit and three different kits containing basement membrane extract, laminin I, and collagen I. These are the first standardized kits engineered for assessing the effects of compounds or genetic alteration on cell proliferation in 3-D culture. The high throughput 96 stripwell formats allow one step quantitative analysis and colorimetric detection. Protocols are provided for tumorgenicity and cytotoxicity.

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