Biocompare Product Reviews

ThermoScriptT RT-PCR System for First-Strand cDNA Synthesis From Invitrogen

info@biocompare.com — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Reverse Transcriptase (RT)-PCR of RNA with extensive secondary structures, or the detection of rare messages can be challenging and laborious. Another critical point is the RNase H activity of the reverse transcriptase used in the respective assay. Therefore, an RT system...

MEGAclearT Kit From Applied Biosystems

info@biocompare.com — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:00:00 GMT

A quick clean-up of any large scale transcription reaction can be very laborious, time consuming and a multi-step protocol is often needed. In addition, great flexibility in regards to downstream applications is not easy...

Dynabeads� Streptavidin Trial Kit From Invitrogen

info@biocompare.com — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:00:00 GMT

The biotin-streptavidin bond is the strongest noncovalent biological interaction known, having a dissociation constant, Kd, in the order of 4x10^-14 M. The strength and specificity of the interaction has led it to be...

Catch and Release� v2.0 Reversible Immunoprecipitation System From Millipore

info@biocompare.com — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Immunoprecipitation (IP) is a frequently used method for purifying specific proteins from complex samples such as cell lysates or extracts by using specific antibodies. Traditional IP protocols use Protein A, Protein G, Protein A/G, or...

Subcellular Protein Fractionation Kit From Thermo Scientific Pierce Protein Research Products

info@biocompare.com — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Whole cell protein analysis is an excellent way to assess protein content of a specific cell population. Nevertheless, the shift of proteins into different compartments due to activation, differentiation or other mechanisms needs to be...

Mitochondria Isolation Kit, human From Miltenyi Biotec

info@biocompare.com — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Subcellular fractionation, e.g. isolation of mitochondria, is typically performed by density gradient centrifugation of cell lysates. This traditional technique is both time-consuming and labor-intensive. As an alternative approach...

ScepterT Automated Cell Counter from Millipore

info@biocompare.com — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Much of our research of late has involved cell-based assays such as ADCC (antibody-dependent, cell-mediated cytotoxicity) and migration. Since setting up and evaluating these assays involves precise determinations of cell number, we are always on the lookout for...

Retiga EXi Fast 1394 CCD Camera from QImaging

info@biocompare.com — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:00:00 GMT

There is a plethora of suppliers on the biomarket that provide numerous cameras targeted toward an equally large number of applications. Therefore, when choosing an appropriate camera for a microscopy system it is important to decide which...

ApoTox-Glo Triplex Assay from Promega

info@biocompare.com — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:00:00 GMT

The ApoTox-Glo Triplex Assay is a recent addition to a number of elegant kits released by Promega over the last year. It addresses the accurate quantification of apoptosis and cell death. The Triplex Assay name is derived from combining the strengths of three...

EasySep� Human Plasmacytoid DC Enrichment Kit from StemCell Technologies

info@biocompare.com — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Isolating Plasmacytoid Dendritic cells (pDCs) from peripheral blood has always been very difficult; pDCs make up a very low percentage of total circulating peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). In addition, their possible activation from antibodies binding to...