Cytotoxicity tests - in vitro

Facilities/Equipments

  • Animal Cell Culture Specific Laboratory
  • Thermostatic Water Baths
  • Microplate Reader for Absorbance, Fluorescence and Luminescence
  • Biohazard Vertical Flow Chambers
  • CO2 Incubators for Cell Culture Conditions
  • Inverted Microscope

 

Use applications

  • Evaluation of the effects of leachables released from polymeric materials on cell behaviour (growth, membrane damage, metabolism, etc), according to the established international standards on cytotoxicity evaluation of leachables from medical devices/materials
  • Direct contact assays - cell-biomaterials surface interactions