Wright-Giemsa Stain, Modified,

Application

When blood films are stained using Wright-Giemsa Stain, the white blood cell nucleus and cytoplasm take on the characteristic blue or pink coloration. The combination of purified eosin and thiazine dyes in the product eliminates inconsistent staining and yields reproducible chromogenic responses.

Wright-Giemsa Stain, Modified has been used in:Blood cell staining.Metal-induced chemotaxis assay.Cell proliferation and morphology assessment.Morphologic examination to diagnose acute myeloid leukemia.

General description

Wright-Giemsa Stain is known to be useful in classifying circulating tumor cells. Wright-Giemsa stain is useful in predicting acute promyelocytic leukemia, by detecting Auer rods.Detection of Auer rods, to predict acute promyelocytic leukemia can be performed with Wright-Giemsa stain.