Andor Technology PLC

• One-click capture and analysis of comets ensures rapid scoring
• Fully automatic or interactive computation of Head/Tail %DNA, Olive Tail moment, etc.
• Database captures and stores cell image and data
• Database Viewer enables data presentation, decoding and data summaries for statistical analysis
• “Experiment” mode guides the user through analysis - slide by slide
• Scoring can be suspended and resumed in multiple sessions
• Pop-up Live/Open button speeds scoring and minimizes user fatigue
• Powerful Microsoft Excel™ Macros speeds manipulation of data

Komet 5.5 has been designed to capture and analyze samples produced using the Comet Assay. This assay permits the quantification of DNA damage and repair in single cell preparations and is applicable to any eukaryotic cell.The assay can be used in both in-vitro and in-vivo testing and has been shown to be a powerful and sensitive predictor of genetic toxicity. Kinetic Imaging first implemented image analysis for the technique in a commercial imaging system in 1991 and since the company was purchased by Andor Technology in 2004, the product continues to be supported and developed.The Komet Database Viewer (DBV) is supplied as a separate module and can run stand alone to allow scoring review, QA and training, decoding of blind-scored studies and data summary creation for submission to statistical analysis. DBV also allows presentation of results in Dose Response curves and other graphical forms.