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News Release from: Guava Technologies | Subject: Enzyme-linked immunospot assays
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 22 August 2006
Validating enzyme-linked immunospot
assays
Guava Technologies new customer technical paper describes methodology that can be used in validating enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISpot) assays.
Guava Technologies, a leading supplier of integrated cellular analysis systems, has announced a new customer technical paper describing a methodology that can be used in validating enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISpot) assays The technical paper describes the development of a library of donors with characterised responses that can be used as controls for ELISpot and multiple immune monitoring assay validations for use in clinical trials
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 24 Oct 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Guava's technology also offers potential for use in clinical testing and blood processing, as well as other areas where single cell counting is important.
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