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Staining Test for Senescent Cells

Peter Hynes pjhynes at ozemail.com.au
Tue Dec 5 14:06:57 EST 1995


Anybody seen the brief report in "New Scientist", 7\10\95  by one
Jane Itzhaki which refers to Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., v92, 9363 and 
tells about a simple staining test fot senescent mammalian cells?

Apparently it detects a modified form of B-galactosidase. Seems
to me it would be fantastic as a tool in researching tissue culture
senescence.

Does anybody know if a kit\reagents are commercially available yet?








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