As they say, a good picture is worth a thousand words. That’s to say that I’ll have to keep the introduction short in this post (!) to let you know about this interesting map from Boster Bio summarizing the allergic response pathway. I’ll take this opportunity to mention a few related immunoassays that may help you deciphering this pathway in your own study!

Personalized treatment for cancer reached a new milestone with the FDA approval of CAR T-cells for treatment of leukemia and lymphoma.  There is now rapid growth in research on the therapeutic uses of CAR T-cells.

To help researchers develop efficient CAR T-cells, we aim to provide many innovative solutions, such as recombinant cell line expressing cancer antigens, or recombinant versions of these antigens. Developed by BPS Bioscience, these products will help scientists to more precisely monitor the effectiveness of the engineered CAR T to detect and bind to a specific cancer antigen.

A new Hemoglobin (Hgb) High Sensitivity kit has just been released to allow for the detection of Hgb in low amount of samples. Researchers working on inflammation, kidney injury or oxidative stress may have an interest in this kit, especially when working with small animal models. Hemoglobin variations in levels are also associated with a variety of conditions ranging from anemia (low Hgb), erythrocytosis (high Hgb), thalassemias (aberrant chain synthesis), and sickling disorders (abnormal complex shape).

When doing WBs, IFs or IHCs, we normally pay a lot of attention to the primary antibody that should be chosen. We look at the datasheet, we check that the primary antibody has been validated for the species and application of our interest, we check if it has been used in publications, we look at the pictures in the datasheet… but sometimes we forget about the secondary.

Here are some tips to help you choose the best secondary. Because a good choice of a secondary antibody can be as important as choosing the right primary! Thanks to Camilo Moncada, Ph.D., from Rockland Inc, for his support!