Sartorius Stedim Biotech Gmbh

Alexandra Scholz

Karl Pflanz

A device () and a method are provided for treating a porous filtration medium () having a receiving unit () with of a receiving part () and a base part (). The porous filtration medium () can be lifted by the receiving part () from a lower part () of a filtration device (), and the receiving part () with the porous filtration medium () can be mounted on the base part (). The receiving part () is latchable to the base part (). The base part (), towards the filtration medium () has an incubation chamber () connected to a base part () outlet () that faces away from the receiving part (), and the outlet () has a projection onto which a receiving vessel () containing a solvent () for dissolving the porous filtration medium () can be detachably pushed on.

Device and method for treating a filtration medium

The present invention relates to a method for quantitatively determining living and dead cells in a biological sample. The method according to the present invention is based on the determination of the amount of DNA in the sample with the aid of a DNA amplification reaction which does not impair the membrane integrity of living cells.

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Goettingen, Germany

Alexandra Scholz