Kit utilises Live-dye™, a cell permeable green fluorescent dye (Ex(max): 488 nm; Em(max): 518 nm), to stain live cells. Dead cells can be easily stained by propidium iodide (PI), a red fluorescent dye (Ex(max): 488 nm; Em(max): 615 nm), which in viable cells is actively pumped out of the cytoplasm.

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Stained cells can be visualised by fluorescence microscopy using a band-pass filter (detects FITC and rhodamine). Cyto-dye has also been used to discriminate between apoptotic and non-apoptotic cells.