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 ...

Western blotting forms the bedrock of many protein studies, with the technique cited in 9% of all protein related papers. The technique had its 40th birthday in 2019, an event that was widely ...

Do a few test runs using a range of antibody dilutions. With a western blot or ELISA, you can also optimize the amount of sample in each lane or well. For Kensinger, these optimization steps were ...

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 ...