EdU/BrdU Proliferation Assay

Directly marks which cells were actively copying their DNA during a labeling window, by feeding them a modified nucleotide that gets built into any newly synthesized DNA and stays detectable afterward.

References

• Salic, A., Mitchison, T.J. "A Chemical Label for Cycling Cells." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105, no. 7 (2008): 2415–2420.