GlioStem is a new product designed for nearly instant detection of neural stem cells and progenitors derived from glioma

GlioStem: A novel technology for near-instant detection of live cells

GlioStem is a new product designed for nearly instant detection of neural stem cells and progenitors derived from glioma. It is based on polymer technology and defines a new generation of cell type markers.

About the Product

About the Product

GlioStem is a new conductive polymer (luminescent conductive oligothiophene, LCO) that illuminates in and thereby specifically detects embryonic mammalian neural stem cells and stem cell-like cells isolated from gliomas by conventional fluorescent microscopy and fluorescence-assisted cell sorting (FACS).
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An early batch of GlioStem can be ordered for basic research purpose only here.
A novel molecular probe for live cell detection

About Celluminova

Celluminova specializes in the development of new tools for stem cell research, including cancer stem cells. Grown out from a collaboration between two Swedish Universities (Karolinska Institutet and Linköping University), Celluminova has been established to increase the visibility and distribute the products generated from the academic efforts. Read more

About the Project

GlioStem is the first product of its kind to be verified for basic research purposes and available from Celluminova. The basic idea is to develop new tools for detection and isolation of different stem cell and progenitor types in the developing organism and in tumors to facilitate studies on single cell basis if the character of the individual progenitors and stem cells. Read more

About the Science

Certain polymers, especially poly- and oligothiophenes, have been shown to be able to cross cell membranes without additional reagents and to illuminate when interacting with certain structures. To read more about the science behind GlioStem. Read more