Test for the Quantification of the Cytotoxic Activity of Natural Killer (NK) Cells Simple and sensitive method for the routine clinical assessment of NK lytic activity Easy discrimination between effector and target cells Avoidance of radioisotope usage and reduction of overall assay time No cell culture equipment necessary Complete testkit containing cryopreserved K562 target cells, complete medium and staining reagents Standardized test procedure Testkit contains cryopreserved K562 target cells and required reagents Evaluation by flow cytometry or fluorescence microscopy

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