Verify that the antibody is definitely able to detect the antigen in the species by checking data sheets and reference material Potential Cause: Primary and secondary antibody mismatch Raise the ...

GE Healthcare Life Sciences recently launched the Amersham WB system for quantitative SDS-PAGE and Western blotting of proteins using fluorescence detection. The system was standardized for the entire ...

Western blotting remains a cornerstone method for the detection and quantification of proteins from complex biological samples. This technique has evolved from its early qualitative roots to a more ...

Western blot detection methods each have their own advantages and disadvantages. Choosing the right one can be a difficult decision. The basic protocol of the western blot – also referred to as the ...

With the well-known technique reaching a big birthday milestone, is the western blot still going strong, or has it reached a midlife crisis? While some say life begins at 40, that’s certainly not true ...

Meet the trusted FluorChem TM Western blot imaging systems. Simply load your sample, choose a protocol, and hit expose. Load less protein, use smaller amounts of your precious antibodies, and never ...

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Understanding proteins is the driving force behind tools developer ProteinSimple. “You can’t fully understand disease without understanding proteins,” CEO Tim Harkness says. That conviction helped ...

A classic laboratory technique, western blotting, has been used by researchers for decades, and it is nearly obsolete. "Biologists currently are stuck in a time warp—they basically use the same tools ...

We used western blot (WB) to compare the IgG response to varicella-zoster virus (VZV) after chickenpox (CP), zoster, and administration of a live attenuated varicella vaccine (LAVV). After CP, 13 of ...