Developed in collaboration with the Oxidative Stress Group at the University of Leicester (Leicester, UK), the unique design of the COMPAC-50 enables simultaneous electrophoresis of up to 50 COMET Assay slides saving considerable lab space and reducing slide handling time by up to two-thirds when compared to previous standard methods. This would equate to a significant time-saving of up to 90% when handling 50 COMET Assay slides.
The COMET Assay is an increasingly popular procedure for assessing DNA damage, both in academic and commercial research labs. Recently the COMET Assay has been introduced into standard tests, used for genotoxicity, by the pharmaceutical industry and for the regulation of chemicals within the European Commission’s Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals Programme. However, the sample throughput of the COMET Assay has traditionally been a limiting factor, typically limited to handling smaller numbers of slides, and a time-consuming procedure due to their individual ...
