Rockland immunochemical - What is immunochemical?
24 November 2014
Immunochemistry involves the study of molecular mechanisms; it is the branch of biochemistry and concerns the immune system and responses. Lorne Labs have partnered with Rockland Immunochemical.
Rockland develop products for biotechnical research, they offers primary and secondary antibodies, proteins and peptides, GFP and epitopes, kits, avidin, biotin, streptavidin, supporting reagents, controls, blood products, molecular biology reagents, cell lysates, chemiluminescent substrates, and custom products; and AKT, GFP, and various rabbit secondary antibodies.
Immunochemical Techniques
Immunochemical techniques are based in the interaction between antigen s and antibodies. Immunoassays bind an antigen (Ag) and antibodies (Ab), based on its assay format it could either be qualitative or quantitative. It is used to detect antibodies or antigens that are specific to certain bacteria’s, viral and parasitic diseases. In addition it could also be used for the diagnosis or autoimmune diseases.
On another note immunoassays are used in clinical laboratories to measure low levels of disease biomarkers and therapeutic or illicit drugs in patient’s blood, serum, plasma, urine or saliva. This procedure is under taken by the immunochemical technique called immunostaining. The process effectively combines with fluorescent labels so that the technician can establish a direct visual of targeted cells and cell structures.
Fluorescent and chemiluminescent labels are growing in popularity though, the tradional use on enzyme labels such alkaline phosphates/horseradish peroxidase are still the most popular methods.
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