“Easy to use dye for analysis of DNA content without compensation issues in flow.”

PRODUCT:                  DRAQ5 Application Area:        immunology, B-cell development and leukemia Ease of Use:              ⭐⭐⭐⭐After Sales Service:    ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Value for Money:        ⭐⭐⭐⭐Average rating:           4.0 Comments: Easy to use, good staining, no compensation issues in flow cytometry. Name: Vincent van […]

“Great product! It is absolutely vital for our lab, no nice photos without DRAQ5!”

PRODUCT:                  DRAQ5 Application Area:        Analyze cell culture metabolites – confocal microscopy Ease of Use:              ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐After Sales Service:    ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Value for Money:        ⭐⭐⭐⭐Average rating:           4.3 Comments: The product is very easy to use for microscopy, in few […]

More physiologically-relevant cell-based assays; in real-time & 3-D

At the recent ELRIG Research & Innovation 2017 conference at Homerton College, Cambridge there was an excellent keynote address by Richard Eglen and an associated parallel session on the demand for cell-based assays to be performed in 3-D for improved physiological relevance. Alongside this, we’ve received a lot of enquiries about the use of the far-red […]

“Great results”

PRODUCT:                  DRAQ5 Application Area:        Confocal microscopy Ease of Use:              ⭐⭐⭐⭐After Sales Service:    ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Value for Money:        ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Average rating:           4.3 Comments: DRAQ5 is a good staining to see nucleus in liver cells and tissues. It is […]

“An excellent product”

PRODUCT:                  DRAQ5 Application Area:        Visualize nuclei using confocal microscopy Ease of Use:              ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐After Sales Service:    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Value for Money:        ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Average rating:           5.0 Comments: We used DRAQ5 to label the nuclei of live adult rat ventricular […]

Counterstaining FFPE sections in the far-red

We’ve had recent questions about using DRAQ5™ with formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue sections.  In response, we’ve prepared a review of the technology status: In short, DRAQ5™ does work on FFPE samples and has been demonstrated in peer-reviewed publications.  We do not provide a dedicated protocol for FFPE sections in our technical datasheet as the processing […]

“Great results”

PRODUCT:                  DRAQ5 Application Area:        To analyze nuclei in the cultured isolated bovine chondrocytes Ease of Use:              ⭐⭐⭐⭐After Sales Service:    ⭐⭐⭐ Value for Money:        ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Average rating:           4.0 Comments: The dye was highly effective as even at […]

“Nice alternative to DAPI.”

PRODUCT:                  DRAQ5 Application Area:        analyse transplanted tissue Ease of Use:              ⭐⭐⭐⭐After Sales Service:    ⭐⭐⭐ Value for Money:        ⭐⭐⭐⭐Average rating:           3.7 Comments: Fairly easy to use. Need to be made clear not to wash slides […]

“Great and reliable results”

PRODUCT:                  DRAQ5 Application Area:        Nuclear staining in fixed cell Ease of Use:              ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐After Sales Service:    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Value for Money:        ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Average rating:           5.0 Comments: The product is very easy to use. The results are very good […]