Scientists often use western blots as a diagnostic tool. For example, researchers developed an HSV western blot test to determine the presence or absence of antibodies against herpes simplex virus-2 ...

A western blot is a laboratory method used to detect specific protein molecules from among a mixture of proteins. This mixture can include all of the proteins associated with a particular tissue ...

The same model system was used to test the VAMP1 oligoclonal antibody, where tissue from rat and mouse brains serves as the control. In a western blot experiment, the antibody detected a single ...