Theresa, Try contacting the ATCC...sorry, don't have the address, but they are a bank of thousands of cell lines from which you can purchase. (A'flowin' just down the road from you!......) P. Echeagaray Flow Cytometry Services Southern Research Frederick Frederick MD echeagaray@sri.org Theresa L. Fecik wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm a newbie here on this board--though, not necessarily a newbie in flow > cytometry. I have about 10 years experience in flow--but, I have also > been working in other areas of the lab at the same time, i.e., > hematology, coagulation, urinalysis, and special hematology testing. So, > I guess I'm more a jack of all trades, rather than a master of this one. > That is why I'm asking such a basic question. > > When I worked at the Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, and did flow > cytometric analyses of leukemias, we used leukemia cell lines (KG1a, > Daudi, and MOLT3 cells) as positive controls for our leukemia antibodies. > The cells were supplied to us by one of the oncology research labs. > Now I work at a community hospital that has a flow cytometry lab, and I > no longer have access to these cell lines. Does anybody know if there > are stabilized leukemia cell lines that are sold commercially? As you > can see, they don't let me out of my cage too > often....................... > > Thanks very much in advance for any information you can give me. > > Going with the flow, > Terry Fecik > Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
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