Fluorescein diacetate (FDA) can be used to assess the cell viability of numerous cell types, as it generates observable differences in the fluorescence produced by live versus dead cells [22 (link)]. The collagen scaffold with implanted cells was incubated with 100 g/ml FDA for 1 min in the dark and then rinsed with phosphate-buffered saline. Samples were observed using the Zeiss 200 inverted fluorescent microscope (Carl Zeiss, Jena, Germany).
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