Comet assay news
Ocean Acidification and Artificial Seawater - The comet assay in an Arenicola marina study
- Created: Wednesday, 10 December 2014 12:26
Ocean acidification, the change in pH and carbonate chemistry of the world’s oceans as a result of increasing atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, is now broadly considered to represent a major threat to global marine biodiversity
Low molecular weight DNA diffusion (LMW) and comet assays
- Created: Monday, 24 November 2014 15:14
Recently, investigators at Universität Ulm have been investigating the low molecular weight DNA diffusion assay (LMW assay) to measure cytotoxicity in comet assays. Here, the LMW assay has been proposed as an alternative, or a supplementation, to histopathology.
Risk assessment: comet assay and Pig-a mutation assay used together
- Created: Wednesday, 22 October 2014 13:53
The OECD has recently released a test guideline for the in vivo comet assay and, prior to this release, researchers were interested in the performance of a combined comet assay/Pig-a gene mutation study.
OECD Guideline: Test No. 489, In Vivo Mammalian Alkaline Comet Assay
- Created: Wednesday, 08 October 2014 15:25
On 26 September 2014, the OECD Council adopted three new, five updated and one corrected OECD Test Guidelines for the testing of chemicals, one of these was Test No. 489, In Vivo Mammalian Alkaline Comet Assay.
Protective properties of coffee
- Created: Tuesday, 30 September 2014 11:18
Researchers across the globe have been using the comet assay to investigate the protective properties of coffee. Coffee is one of the most popular and widely consumed beverages worldwide.