Re: TruCount substitute

From: Samuel Lundin (samuel.lundin@microbio.gu.se)
Date: Wed May 10 2000 - 02:30:05 EST


>Dear Flowers,
>
>BD does not make the TruCount tubes available without buying it with their
kits
>(that we do not need). Does anyone know a similar product for cell
counting on a
>flow cytometer?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Akos Szilvasi
>Biogen, Cambridge, MA
>

You could try "TruCount Controls" from BD (No. 340335). It's the same beads
as in the TruCount tubes, but in vials with known bead-concentrations.
We use them for cell counting (using the antibodies and tubes we want - not
those BD wants), and it works nicely.

Regards,
Samuel Lundin
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Samuel Lundin, PhD
Dept. of Medical Microbiology and Immunology,
Göteborg University
Guldhedsgatan 10A, 413 46 Göteborg, Sweden
Phone: +46-31- 826661 / 3424716
Fax: +46-31-826976



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