Counting colonies of clonogenic assays by using densitometric software

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Clonogenic assays are a useful tool to test whether a given cancer therapy can reduce the clonogenic survival of tumour cells. A colony is defined as a cluster of at least 50 cells which can often only be determined microscopically. The process of counting coloni...

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Main Authors: Belka Claus, Niyazi Ismat, Niyazi Maximilian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-01-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.ro-journal.com/content/2/1/4