Boyden chamber

Boyden chamber
a device consisting of two compartments separated by a micropore filter, used in tests for chemotaxis. Cells are placed in the upper compartment and the chemotactic agent in the lower; if cells are attracted to the agent, they migrate through the pores of the filter. The filter is then stained so that cell migration can be measured.

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