Life’s not quite as organised as previously thought..

Scientists at The Salk Institute and UCSD have used BioStatus’s premier DNA dye – DRAQ5™ – to demonstrate that contrary to current thinking, chromatin is actually much less structured than previously thought.   This far-reaching breakthrough research by Ou et al. published in Science magazine relies upon DRAQ5 which, uniquely, on excitation catalyses polymerisation of […]

New understanding of BRAF-inhibitor melanoma therapy limitations

An international research group led by The University of Manchester has uncovered  new opportunities to restrain the evolution of aggressive melanoma phenotypes during BRAF inhibitor therapy. They authors uncovered the central role of endothelin 1 and point to the potential value of endothelin receptor antagonists to suppress the outgrowth of resistant cells and maintain and […]

Scottish Society for Cytomics 3rd Annual Meeting 23/8/17 in Dundee

Conference announcement: Scottish Society for Cytomics – 3rd Annual Meeting Wednesday August 23rd, 2017 – Dundee University BioStatus is a proud sponsor of this event: We will exhibit, give a presentation and sponsor the 1st poster prize Registration is free (even scot-free perhaps?): https://goo.gl/U9HLXE #ScotSocCytom2017

Sorting cells for RT-PCR or PCR (latest update)

Recent news on sorting cells for downstream molecular applications Sorting cells for SNP Analysis: Clinical scientists at Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam have demonstrated an improved diagnostic and prognostic strategy for malignant pleural mesothelioma based on flowcytometry.  They show significant benefits in performance compared to routine cytological examination and the CellSearch platform. To confirm that a […]

“Good nuclear stain, very easy to use.”

PRODUCT:                  DRAQ5 Application Area:        Nuclear staining, used together with polyclonal Ab and phalloidin, for confocal microscopy Ease of Use:              ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐After Sales Service:    ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Value for Money:        ⭐⭐⭐Average rating:           4.0 Comments: Effective and easy to use, the […]

“Good nuclear stain that fluoresces in the far red.”

PRODUCT:                  DRAQ5 Application Area:        High content imaging. Ease of Use:              ⭐⭐⭐After Sales Service:    ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Value for Money:        ⭐⭐⭐Average rating:           3.3 Comments: DRAQ5 is great as it can be used to stain living cells as well as […]

Far-red DRAQ5 goes gold!

DRAQ5 gets a Gold award in the inaugural SelectScience(R) Seal of Quality program. Undeniably, this reflects the satisfaction of scientists around the world who have wisely chosen DRAQ5 for their research!  DRAQ5 is the only reagent to be recognised in the Platinum, Gold or Silver rankings amongst the tens of thousands of products listed at […]

“Perfect for our needs, and gave consistent results.”

PRODUCT:                  DRAQ5 Application Area:        Nuclear staining of primary fibroblasts Ease of Use:              ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐After Sales Service:    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Value for Money:        ⭐⭐⭐⭐Average rating:           4.7 Comments: Product was straight forward to use, fast and consistent. Perfect for the application […]

“Great results”

PRODUCT:                  DRAQ5 Application Area:        Implant fabrication Ease of Use:              ⭐⭐⭐⭐After Sales Service:    ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Value for Money:        ⭐⭐⭐Average rating:           3.7 Comments: Good product/ fast delivery/ in general i do recommend it to people in the field Name: A […]

”I loved the images obtained from the DRAQ5″

PRODUCT:                  DRAQ5 Application Area:        in vitro aplications Ease of Use:              ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐After Sales Service:    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Value for Money:        ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Average rating:           5.0 Comments: We had very nice results using DRAQ 5 and we have published recently a paper. The […]