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Percoll does not notably diffuse over time, resulting in the formation of very stable gradients. Therefore, both discontinuous and continuous Percoll density gradients can be prepared weeks in advance, allowing great reproducibility & ease of use.
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sent out a letter to laboratories stating that Percoll should be used for research purposes only, not clinical. Pharmacia had not marketed it as a sperm preparation product; it had been repackaged and sold as such by third-party manufacturers. The
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RĂĽssmann L, Jung A, Heidrich HG (1982). "The use of percoll gradients, elutriator rotor elution, and mithramycin staining for the isolation and identification of intraerythrocytic stages of
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Pertoft, H.; Laurent, T.C.; Laas, T.; Kagedal, L. (1978). "Density gradients prepared from colloidal silica particles coated by polyvinylpyrrolidone (Percoll)".
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was due to concerns that PVP might cause damage to sperm (an unknown issue), and also that some batches of Percoll contained high levels of
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that was first formulated by Pertoft and colleagues. It is used for the isolation of
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particles of 15–30 nm diameter (23% w/w in water) which have been coated with
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by density gradient centrifugation, for use in techniques such as
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by discontinuous density gradient centrifugation in Percoll.
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Plasmodium falciparum
erythrocytes
density separation
Cell biology
cells
organelles
viruses
centrifugation
colloidal
silica
polyvinylpyrrolidone
viscosity
osmolarity
GE Healthcare
assisted reproductive technology
sperm
semen
in vitro fertilization
intrauterine insemination
Pharmacia
FDA Warning Letter
endotoxin
colloids
doi
10.1007/BF00925344
PMID
6177116
doi
10.1016/0003-2697(78)90419-0

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