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ELISA

While this video follows a specific protocol that includes an ELISA, watching this video may provide some insight about how such an assay works or how to carry out one. Please leave any comments if this was useful or if it needs work.
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CKMB ELISA kit

www.rapidtest.com Cardiac Markers Elisa kits – Cardiac Markers Elisa assays: ELISA Test KIt for Quantitative Measurement of Creatine-Kinase (CK-MB), Human CK-MB ELISA Test Kit. ELISA kits manufacturer – ElLISA assays supplier: Diagnostic Automation/Cortez Diagnostics, Inc., Tel: 818-591 3030, USA
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ELISA (Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay?

Question by ntinatsepa: ELISA (Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay?
blood test: ELISA (Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay
what do you know about it?

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Answer by hcbiochem
What do you want or need to know about them?

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in ELISA, why the assay need secondary antibody labeled, why no just label the primary antibody?

Question by teck kim: in ELISA, why the assay need secondary antibody labeled, why no just label the primary antibody?

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Answer by Isopropyl_Dog
antibodies have two sides: a constant region and a variable region. So the primary antibody has a variable region that specifically binds to the antigen of interest… this primary antibody can be made naturally by the immune system of an organism. If a person is exposed to antigen X, the natural process in his body will create anti-X antibodies. So then we could take a sample of his blood and collect the anti-X antibodies (with affinity chromatography this is easy), purify them and use them in an ELISA to detect antigen X. Unfortunately the natural process does not label the antibodies… thats why we need secondary antibodies.

The secondary antibody specifically binds to the constant region of the primary antibody (all the primary antibodies will have similar constant regions) and has a detectable probe. So you can use the same secondary antibody with lots of different primary antibodies.

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