Novel probe for live human iPS cell imaging
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 08:00
in Biology & Nature
Researchers from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have developed a highly sensitive lectin probe, rBC2LCN, for human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells). rBC2LCN allows staining of live iPS cells just by adding the probe to an iPS cell culture medium. The researchers have also revealed that rBC2LCN binds to H-type 3 O-glycans on membrane proteins of iPS cells.