The RAFT Kit from TAP Biosystems is designed for quick, easy generation of single or multiple 3-D cell cultures using collagen, in a format which expands the range of assays that can be run successfully with the RAFT technology. The expanded assay capabilities include the ability to create robust co-cultures, barrier models and air-lifted cultures. These cultures can be used for transport, chemotaxis and invasion assays across a wide range of therapeutic areas and deliver a realistic collagen environment for the cells to increase the physiological relevance of the assays. The cell culture insert kit contains 48 individually packaged RAFT absorbers, which can be used with ThinCert (Greiner Bio-One) or Millicell (Millipore) 24-well cell culture inserts, together with RAFT reagents and the TAP Biosystems plate heater. S can use the new RAFT Kit by simply mixing reagents from the RAFT reagent kit with their cells, pipetting into the cell culture inserts and incubating in the plate heater for 15 minutes to form a cell-seeded collagen hydrogel. After this, they can place the RAFT absorber onto the hydrogel, which in just 15 minutes will form a physiological strength cell-seeded collagen culture ready for use.

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