Dear Dr. Kierulf, we use a flow cytometric approach http://www.ma.uni-heidelberg.de/inst/ikc/ikc-fd-hema-immu.html#Chemotaxistes t, also available by http://www.orpegen.com/ By using specific chemokines specific cells migrate through the membrane. Aggregation may be due to the freezing-thawing process (no nitrogen in the tube?). We use like many others 95% FBS, 5%DMSO and a simple freezing box from Nalgene. Thawing (dilute tube content into 50 ml warm medium) and washing must be quick, dead cells liberate the very sticky DNA. Regards Dr. med. C. Thomas Nebe Facharzt für Laboratoriumsmedizin Universitaetsklinikum Mannheim Zentrallabor Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3 D-68167 Mannheim Tel. +49 621 383-3485 +49 621 383-2222 (secretary) FAX +49 621 383-73 3485 (PC) +49 621 383-3819 (paper) e-mail: thomas.nebe@ikc.ma.uni-heidelberg.de http://www.ma.uni-heidelberg.de/inst/ikc/ (Internet) http://pandora/inst/ikc/ (Intranet)
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