Living cells/dead cells?

Question

Why would it be btter to be able to see the details of living cells then dead cells?

Answer 1

you will be able to witness the different process taking place. you'll see them in motion and possibly, if your microscope is strong enough, the different activities that occur INSIDE the nucleus and cell, like cell division. :D

Answer 2

It would depend on what you were staining for and the cell function of interest. If you are studying apoptosis then looking at a cells morphology before and after cell death would be worth while. If you are using an electron microscope you are usually looking at fixed cells. However though the cells are dead fixing freezes the cellular anatomy at the point of death. If the cells were not fixed there would be little detail to see fairly rapidly due to degradation.
Fixed cells or tissues can still be probed by labeled fluorescent antibodies or fluorochrome labeled nucleotide sequences. The problem is finding enough images to give complete understanding when several cell stages are needed.
Watching active cells has practical applications when combined with fluorescent probes. This is often used when the cells health allows continued observation after probing to visualize the morphologic changes. Live cell imaging is used as an analytic tool in neurology and developmental biology.

Answer 3

because then you can see the organelles of the cell actually working